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A Death in Harlem: A Novel
Northwestern University Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-0-8101-4082-0 | Paper: 978-0-8101-4081-3 Library of Congress Classification PS3608.O49417D43 2019 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.6
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In A Death in Harlem, famed scholar Karla FC Holloway weaves a mystery in the bon vivant world of the Harlem Renaissance. Taking as her point of departure the tantalizingly ambiguous “death by misadventure” at the climax of Nella Larsen’s Passing, Holloway accompanies readers to the sunlit boulevards and shaded sidestreets of Jazz Age New York. A murder there will test the mettle, resourcefulness, and intuition of Harlem’s first “colored” policeman, Weldon Haynie Thomas. See other books on: Harlem | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) | Holloway, Karla FC | Homicide investigation | Mystery & Detective See other titles from Northwestern University Press |
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A Death in Harlem: A Novel
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Northwestern University Press, 2019
eISBN: 978-0-8101-4082-0
Paper: 978-0-8101-4081-3
eISBN: 978-0-8101-4082-0
Paper: 978-0-8101-4081-3
In A Death in Harlem, famed scholar Karla FC Holloway weaves a mystery in the bon vivant world of the Harlem Renaissance. Taking as her point of departure the tantalizingly ambiguous “death by misadventure” at the climax of Nella Larsen’s Passing, Holloway accompanies readers to the sunlit boulevards and shaded sidestreets of Jazz Age New York. A murder there will test the mettle, resourcefulness, and intuition of Harlem’s first “colored” policeman, Weldon Haynie Thomas.
Clear glass towers rising in Manhattan belie a city where people are often not what they seem. For some here, identity is a performance of passing—passing for another race, for another class, for someone safe to trust. Thomas’s investigation illuminates the societies and secret societies, the intricate code of manners, the world of letters, and the broad social currents of 1920s Harlem.
A Death in Harlem is an exquisitely crafted, briskly paced, and impeccably stylish journey back to a time still remembered as a peak of American glamour. It introduces Holloway as a fresh voice in storytelling, and Weldon Haynie Thomas as an endearing and unforgettable detective.
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