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8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 159. 159 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not

8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 159. 159 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Remainder mark bottom fore-edge. Published by Vintage Crime.

Trade Paperback 3rd prtg. (original 1965). Fine copy of trade paperback. "The

Trade Paperback 3rd prtg. (original 1965). Fine copy of trade paperback. "The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler"--The Sunday Times London). Black flim-flam man Deke O'Hara is no sooner out of Atlanta's state penitentiary than he's back on the streets working the scam of a lifetime. As sponsor of the Back-to-Africa movement he's counting on the big Harlem rally to produce a big collection--for his own private charity. But the take ($87, 000) is hijacked by white gunmen and hidden in a bale of cotton that suddenly everyone wants to get his hands on. With Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones on everyone's trail and piecing together the complexity of the scheme it is one of Hime's hardest-hitting and most entertaining thrillers.