{"product_id":"chester-b-himes-hardcover-by-lawrence-p-jackson","title":"Chester B. Himes Hardcover by Lawrence P Jackson","description":"\n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2017-07-25)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 448\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780393063899\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1034.21 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 24.38 x 16.51 x 4.06 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Edgar Award for Best Critical\/Biographical Work\u003cbr\u003e\nFinalist for the PEN America\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally.\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChester B. Himes has been called “one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition” (Henry Louis Gates Jr.), “the best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), and “a quirky American genius” (Walter Mosely). He was the twentieth century’s most prolific black writer, captured the spirit of his times expertly, and left a distinctive mark on American literature. Yet today he stands largely forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this definitive biography of Chester B. Himes (1909–1984), Lawrence P. Jackson uses exclusive interviews and unrestricted access to Himes’s full archives to portray a controversial American writer whose novels unflinchingly confront sex, racism, and black identity. Himes brutally rendered racial politics in the best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eIf He Hollers Let Him Go\u003c\/i\u003e, but he became famous for his Harlem detective series, including \u003ci\u003eCotton Comes to Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e. A serious literary tastemaker in his day, Himes had friendships—sometimes uneasy—with such luminaries as Ralph Ellison, Carl Van Vechten, and Richard Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJackson’s scholarship and astute commentary illuminates Himes’s improbable life—his middle-class origins, his eight years in prison, his painful odyssey as a black World War II–era artist, and his escape to Europe for success. More than ten years in the writing, Jackson’s biography restores the legacy of a fascinating maverick caught between his aspirations for commercial success and his disturbing, vivid portraits of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence P. Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History at Johns Hopkins University. Author of Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius, The Indignant Generation, and My Father’s Name, he has been published in n+1 and Harper’s. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    ","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44913183817889,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393063899","price":44.65,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393063899.jpg?v=1745870529","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/chester-b-himes-hardcover-by-lawrence-p-jackson","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}