- African American police, Coffin Ed Johnson (Fictitious character), Fiction, Grave Digger Jones (Fictitious character)
African American policeCoffin Ed Johnson (Fictitious character)FictionGrave Digger Jones (Fictitious character)PoliceNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalAfrican americans, fictionJones, grave digger (fictitious character), fictionJohnson, coffin ed (fictitious character), fiction
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Classical in form, grave, cool and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Chester Himes
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 159
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Not Applicable, Chatham Bookseller
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780805282382
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Subjects
- African American police
- Coffin Ed Johnson (Fictitious character)
- Fiction
- Grave Digger Jones (Fictitious character)
- Police
- New york (n.y.), fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- African americans, fiction
- Jones, grave digger (fictitious character), fiction
- Johnson, coffin ed (fictitious character), fiction
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