The late African-American novelist Chester Himes (1909-1984) is well known both in America and Europe for his moving depictions of black men destroyed by a pervasive racism and for darkly humorous stories of Harlem's underworld. His novels and stories are all the more striking because they are infused with his own varied experiences as a petty criminal, convict, writer, and expatriate. Himes was equally revealing in the many interviews he granted during his long and…
Author: Michel Fabre (ed.), Robert E. Skinner (ed.) · Original publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 1995 (edited by Michel Fabre and Robert E. Skinner)
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