Cotton Comes to Harlem
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
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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, Cotton Comes to Harlem (made into a film in 1970) is one of Himes's hardest-hitting and most entertaining thrillers.
©1965 Chester Himes; copyright renewed 1993 by Lesley Himes (P)2011 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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7 hours in and I am done
- By bionichands on 01-26-12
By: Peter Straub
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Red Harvest
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty--even if that meant taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain. From the author of The Maltese Falcon.
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Great story, great narration, terrible reccording
- By yep on 08-21-14
By: Dashiell Hammett
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Young Al Capone
- The Untold Story of Scarface in New York, 1899-1925
- By: William Balsamo, John Balsamo
- Narrated by: Daniel May
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Many people are familiar with the story of Al Capone, the legendary Chicago gangster best known for orchestrating the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. But few are aware that Capone’s remarkable story began in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn, New York. Tutored by the likes of infamous mobsters Johnny Torrio and Frankie Yale, young Capone’s disquieting demeanor, combined with the “technical advice” he learned from these shady teachers, contributed to the molding of a brutal criminal....
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Is this fiction or non-fiction?
- By Gerry B. on 11-03-20
By: William Balsamo, and others
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Flood
- A Novel (Burke, Book 1)
- By: Andrew Vachss
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Burke's newest client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of a professional executioner. She wants Burke to find a monster for her - so she can kill him with her bare hands. In this thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade private eye teams up with a lethally gifted avenger to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is blind and the penthouses are as dangerous as the basements.
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Noir!
- By Snoodely on 03-06-14
By: Andrew Vachss
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Nine Lives
- Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
- By: Dan Baum
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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Nines Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of nine unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings this kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved.
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Do not miss if you're interested in New Orleans
- By Kelly on 03-22-18
By: Dan Baum
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The Black Marble
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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He is a damned good cop -- a burned-out homicide detective wrapped around a Smith & Wesson .38 and a vodka bottle. She is his partner -- twice divorced, nursing a grudge against men, obsessed by the awful temptation of love.
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Really bad
- By JEFF on 05-17-10
By: Joseph Wambaugh
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Cop Town
- By: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Early
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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Atlanta, 1974: It's Kate Murphy's first day on the job, and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she's not cut out to be a cop. Her male uniform is too big, she can't handle a gun, and she's rapidly learning that the APD is hardly a place that welcomes women. Worse still, in the ensuing manhunt she'll be partnered with Maggie Lawson, a cop with her own ax to grind.
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Outstanding, Gutsy Crime Novel Read by a Master
- By Chip Atkinson on 07-08-14
By: Karin Slaughter
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Crimes by Moonlight
- Mysteries from the Dark Side
- By: Charlaine Harris - author/editor
- Narrated by: Natalie Ross
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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In number-one New York Times best-selling author Charlaine Harris’s "Dahlia Underground,” venerable vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers survives an attack by an anti-vampire terrorist group, only to show them they tried to blow up the wrong bloodsucker. Bailey Ruth Raeburn, a ghost assigned to assist humans in trouble, steps into the middle of a marital dispute with surprising twists in Carolyn Hart’s “Riding High”....
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Pleasantly surprised
- By Bonnie on 08-06-11
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Echoes of a Distant Summer
- By: Guy Johnson
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 32 hrs and 29 mins
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The son of Maya Angelou, Guy Johnson is a critically acclaimed author and poet in his own right. Echoes of a Distant Summer is the story of Jackson St. Clair Tremain, a San Francisco civil servant who thought he had left his old life far behind. In 1982, Jackson is summoned to Mexico to confer with his dying grandfather, the brutal hustler King Tremain. When King dies, Jackson inherits $50 million - and the unwanted attentions of a malevolent bayou crime lord named Pug DuMont.
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"You Best Say Joe Cause You Sho' Don't Know!"
- By R. Pontiflet on 04-13-17
By: Guy Johnson
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The Hunter
- By: Richard Stark
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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You probably haven't noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits. Lagging a few car lengths behind the Brinks truck on its daily rounds. Surreptitiously jiggling the handle of an unmarked service door at the racetrack. They're heisters.
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A dark story
- By Dave Nelson on 04-06-13
By: Richard Stark
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Make Room! Make Room!
- By: Harry Harrison
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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In a New York City groaning under the burden of 35 million inhabitants, detective Andy Rusch is engaged in a desperate and lonely hunt for a killer everyone has forgotten. For even in a world such as this, a policeman can find himself utterly alone.
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Unable to see
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-21-12
By: Harry Harrison
What listeners say about Cotton Comes to Harlem
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- Fylynne
- 03-13-12
Entertaining and funny!
Would you consider the audio edition of Cotton Comes to Harlem to be better than the print version?
Yes.
What other book might you compare Cotton Comes to Harlem to and why?
The Help. I like books that have the potential to become movies.
Have you listened to any of Dion Graham’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No.
Any additional comments?
The book was fun and fast paced.
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- Prof. Julie de Sherbinin
- 02-25-24
Recent NYT Book Review Recommends Hines
Vivid language, hefty characters, clever plot. This has all the components of a terrific crime novel interwoven with social/racial commentary.Hines should be better known!
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- freddie
- 05-02-13
Just discovered Audo Books
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Hello everyone! I'll keep this review short and sweet, where were the Audio Books when I was younger?
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Yes, well I saw the film too and it was pretty close.
Which character – as performed by Dion Graham – was your favorite?
All
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The search for the cotton.
Any additional comments?
Loved It!
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- 🔥 Phx17 🔥
- 08-22-22
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"They had her taken from her cell where she was held ... to the interrogation room in the basement known to the Harlem underworld as the Pigeon's Nest. It was claimed that more pigeons were hatched there than beneath all the eaves in Harlem. It was a soundproof, windowless room with a stool in the center, bolted to the floor and surrounded by floodlights bright enough to make the blackest man transparent But only the overhead light was on when the jailer brought her in. She saw Gravedigger standing beside the stool, waiting for her. The door was closed and locked behind her. She had a sudden feeling of taken from the earth. Then she saw the vague outline of coffin Ed backed against the wall in the shadows. His acid burned face looked like a Mardi Gras mask to scare little children. She shuddered. Grave Digger said 'sit down baby, and tell us how you are.' "
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- Patricia
- 02-06-12
Okay
I expectd adventure and I was very disappointed in the slow movingand in my opinion a poor story line. The saving grace was the mention of famous places in Harlem.
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