Chester B. Himes Exhibition catalogues & specific collections A comprehensive biography of the

A comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors

the families we create for ourselves

She doesn’t have any detective skills

only to discover horror around the bend as a friend-and sometimes foe-is reborn in fire

Chester B. Himes Exhibition catalogues & specific collections A comprehensive biography of theChester B. Himes has been called "one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition" (Henry Louis Gates Jr.), "the best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler" (San Francisco Chronicle), and "a quirky American genius" (Walter Mosely). He was the twentieth century's most prolific black writer, captured the spirit of his times expertly, and left a distinctive mark on American literature. Yet today he stands largely forgotten. In this