# Cotton Comes to Harlem

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- Book: [Cotton Comes to Harlem](https://www.bookquiver.com/chester-himes/cotton-comes-to-harlem) ([Cotton Comes to Harlem.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/chester-himes/cotton-comes-to-harlem.md))
- Authors: [Chester Himes](https://www.bookquiver.com/chester-himes)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4152-109-0
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2021-03-25
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A preacher called Deke O'Malley's been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds - and send one man to the morgue - the con is up. Now Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed mean to bring the good people of Harlem back their $87,000, however many corpses they have to climb over to get it. Cotton Comes to Harlem is a non-stop ride, with violence, sex, double-crosses, and the two baddest detectives ever to wear a badge in Harlem.