Chester Himes : a life / James Sallis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Walker & Co., 2001Description: xiv, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. 24 cmISBN:
  • 802713629
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS 3515.I713 .Sa34 2001
Summary: Sallis offers a deeply affecting biography of a great American writer and provides what may be the deepest reading yet of Himes's fiction and of its connection to his life. "Sallis brings exceptional depth and empathy to his portrait of Himes and his 'writing demon, ' producing a biography that will stand the test of time".--Ian Rankin Sallis offers a deeply affecting biography of a great American writer and provides what may be the deepest reading yet of Himes's fiction and of its connection to his life. "Sallis brings exceptional depth and empathy to his portrait of Himes and his 'writing demon, ' producing a biography that will stand the test of time".--Ian Rankin Hide
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Originally published: Great Britain : Payback Press, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-[337]) and index.

Sallis offers a deeply affecting biography of a great American writer and provides what may be the deepest reading yet of Himes's fiction and of its connection to his life. "Sallis brings exceptional depth and empathy to his portrait of Himes and his 'writing demon, ' producing a biography that will stand the test of time".--Ian Rankin Sallis offers a deeply affecting biography of a great American writer and provides what may be the deepest reading yet of Himes's fiction and of its connection to his life. "Sallis brings exceptional depth and empathy to his portrait of Himes and his 'writing demon, ' producing a biography that will stand the test of time".--Ian Rankin Hide

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