The Real Cool Killers
A Grave Digger & Coffin Ed Novel
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Narrated by:
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Dion Graham
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By:
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Chester Himes
About this listen
To detectives Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, it looked like an open and shut case. After all, Sonny Pickens was still standing over the body of Ulysses Galen, smoking gun hanging from his hand. Only one problem: Sonny's gun was loaded with blanks.
There were plenty of people who wanted Galen dead, but who was responsible? Sonny? A jealous husband? Or one of the street toughs from a gang calling themselves the Real Cool Moslems? Coffin Ed and Grave Digger pound the mean streets of 1950s Harlem in search of the Real Cool Killer.
More mayhem? Listen to another Grave Digger & Coffin Ed Novel.©1959 Chester Himes, copyright renewed 1987 by Lesley Himes (P)2011 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Cecil Browne
- 30-06-20
Fantastic from Himes, now for the others
A gripping story, those familiar with Walter Moseley will love it. Now for the next
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 30-12-16
Not a patch on Rage in Harlem (sorry)
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
After listening to Rage in Harlem, the 1st of Chester Himes Grave Digger and Coffin Ed novels, I wanted more. Chester Himes seems to have changed his style from a hard but poetic prose to something a bit more procedural and simple. No great flashes of description and the story is not as gritty and visceral. It feels a bit plodding. If you haven't read Rage in Harlem then it might be an ok listen.
Has The Real Cool Killers put you off other books in this genre?
No, I love hard-boiled noir and would be interested to see if Chester Hime's flair returns in the next novel as I loved Rage in Harlem and wanted to read the whole series
What does Dion Graham bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Great characters and a great tone
What character would you cut from The Real Cool Killers?
the only dodgy accent is the Irish (at least I think that's what he's trying to do) police commissioner
Any additional comments?
I guess I was spoilt with book 1 and expected something similar. This is a bit more pulp noir and Rage in Harlem was a cut above it
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