Point Blank: Hardboiled, Noir, & Detective Fiction

E8: The Real Cool Killers -- Chester Himes -- 5 Round Burst


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Welcome to the lost episode. Plagued by technical problems, we are happy to finally be able to bring you episode 6. "The Real Cool Killers" by Chester Himes.

Himes was a revolutionary writer and thinker in crime fiction and was an influential contributor to 20th Century African-American fiction.

His work deserves to be better known.

 

Books Reviewed for 5 Round Burst:

"The Moving Target" by Ross Macdonald

"Nobody Move" by Denis Johnson

"Cop Hater" by Ed McBain

"Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! Stories of Crime, Love and Rebellion" Edited by Gary Phillips

"How to Steal the Mona Lisa: and Six Other World-Famous Treasures" by Taylor Baymouth

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