num_pages: 159
description: Black flim-flam man Deke O'Hara is no sooner out of Atlanta's state penitentiary than he's back on the streets working the scam of a lifetime. As sponsor of the Back-to-Africa movement he's counting on the big Harlem rally to produce a big collection-for his own private charity. But the take-$87,000-is hijacked by white gunmen and hidden in a bale of cotton that suddenly everybody wants to get his hands on. With Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones on everyone's trail and piecing together the complexity of the scheme, Cotton Comes to Harlem is one of Himes's hardest-hitting and most entertaining thrillers.
language: English
title: Cotton Comes to Harlem
titlecomplete: Cotton Comes to Harlem
characters: Coffin Ed Johnson, Grave Digger Jones, Deke O'Hara
genres: Classics, Hard Boiled, New York, Noir, Mystery, African American, 20th Century, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 2084
places: Harlem, New York City, New York
series: Harlem Cycle
publisher: Buccaneer Books