Known for the Harlem Detective series, Book 8 of #2024Halfway is Himes' brilliant standalone novel of unchecked police brutality in NYC. I read this in the LOA '64-69 omnibus & it was def one of my favorites. A cat & mouse story of racial tension featuring a psychotic police officer. This was a relentless read & sadly just as relevant 6 decades later.
This is my Dad‘s copy from 1964. This book was originally published by the African American writer, Chester Himes (1909-1984) in 1954. As a child growing up in Detroit in the 1960s and 1970s, seeing this book as well as books by Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes and other black writers on my parents‘ shelves was treasure I took for granted.💘🧡🖤#vintageblackbooks #chesterhimes #vintagepaperbacks
J.W. Ocker's “Twelve Nights At Rotter;s House.“ This meta haunted house horror novel is one of the best I have read this year & is one I would recommend going in knowing as little as possible. Highly recommend. 10mo