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 everyone 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: Grave Digger Jones, Deke O'Hara, Coffin Ed Johnson
genres: 20th Century, Crime, Classics, African American, Hard Boiled, Noir, Mystery Thriller, New York, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 2083
places: Harlem, New York City, New York
series: Harlem Cycle
publisher: Schocken Books Inc