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PINKTOES. [Import] [Hardcover]

Chester. Himes (Author)

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Product Details

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Allison & Busby/W; New Ed edition (1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0850318645
ISBN-13: 978-0850318647
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Provoking Sex Farce, January 1, 2000

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I really enjoyed this book. It really made me think. It was also so darned sexy. It mostly dealt with race and sex...Primarily of the interracial variety.

I will never forget Mamie Mason the Hostesss With The Mostest and her Harlem Parties geared towards ending the "Negro Problem" of the Sixties. She felt she could end the "Negro Problem" simply by throwing parties and inviting White folks up to Harlem. Even though the book was written long ago the issues that surfaced in the book are sill very much with us today.

One day I would like to option this book for a movie....

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5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!, February 1, 2003

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This was the most entertaining and shockingly funny books I have every read. It is so outlandish that it is hard to believe, yet it kept me in stitches laughing out loud. I highly recommend this book.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Himes' best, April 14, 2004

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Himes leaves aside his usuall hard boiled crime novel and turns his hand to a farce. He should stay with the crime novels. I got the point, but the book seemed so dated that it often lost my interest. Himes does a great job of weaving social commentary into his crime novels -- see Rage in Harlem in particular -- and falters a bit when he writes a novel dedicated to social commentary through farce.

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3.0 out of 5 stars sexy farce
People familiar only with Himes' cynical, hard-edged crime novels will be surprised by this witty, sexy farce. It's kind of tedious in parts but overall is a lot of fun. Read more

Published on January 21, 1999 by Michael Toland

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For the most part the American Negroes are descendants in whole or in fractions of African Negroes who were brought from Africa to the Western Hemisphere as slaves during the two centuries preceding the Civil War. Read the first page

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This book cites 14 books:

Lonely Crusade (Himes, Chester) by Chester Himes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
A Case of Rape by Chester B. Himes in Front Matter
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes in Front Matter
Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes in Front Matter
Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes in Front Matter

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