El extraño asesinato
Resumen del libro
El encargado de una tienda de alimentación Ax{0026}P es víctima de un robo enfrente de un apartamento donde se está celebrando un velatorio. El reverendo Short, un pastor evangélico adicto al brandy con opio, lo observa todo desde la ventana de uno de los dormitorios. Se inclina demasiado y cae al vacío: una cesta de pan que se encuentra delante de la panadería que hay debajo lo salva de la muerte. Cuando regresa al apartamento, asegura tener una visión de un hombre muerto. Fuera, en la misma cesta en la que aterrizó Short, yace el cuerpo de Valentine Haines. ¿Quién asesinó a Val? Grave Digger Jones y Coffin Ed Johnson son los encargados de averiguarlo.
Biografía del autor
Chester Himes, in full Chester Bomar Himes, (born July 29, 1909, Jefferson City, Mo., U.S. died Nov. 12, 1984, Moraira, Spain), African-American writer whose novels reflect his encounters with racism. As an expatriate in Paris, he published a series of black detective novels.<br><br>The domination of his dark-skinned father by his light-skinned mother was a source of deep resentment that shaped Himes's racial outlook. The family's frequent relocations, as well as the accidental blinding of his brother, further disrupted his childhood. Himes attended Ohio State University. From 1929 to 1936 he was jailed at the Ohio State Penitentiary for armed robbery, and while there he began to write fiction. A number of his stories appeared in Esquire and other American magazines. After his release from prison, he worked at numerous odd jobs and joined the Works Progress Administration, eventually serving as a writer with the Ohio Writers' Project.<br><br>His first novel, If He Hollers Let Him Go (1945), details the fear, anger, and humiliation of a black employee of a racist defense plant during World War II. Lonely Crusade (1947) concerns racism in the labour movement. Cast the First Stone (1952) portrays prison life, and The Third Generation (1954) examines family life.
