Cotton Comes to Harlem
“Chester Himes is the best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler.”    —San Francisco Chronicle“One of the most important American writers of the 20th century. . . . A quirky American genius.”    —Walter Mosley“Chester Himes is one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition. . . . A master craftsman.”    —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “Every one of his beyond-cool Harlem novels is cherished by every reader who finds it.”    —Jonathan Lethem