Room to Swing
$31.71
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
4 October 2022
Summary
Meet Toussaint Moore, considered the “first truly credible African-American private eye in fiction.”
“It boiled down to a white cop and black me, and he had the ‘difference’ in his hand.”
Toussaint Moore is a college-educated, decorated war veteran. Because he’s also a Black man, his employment options are limited, so he ekes out a living as a private eye serving Black clients in and around Harlem where he lives. When he’s hired by producers of a television reality show called…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781728263106 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1728263107 |
| Author: | Leslie S. Klinger, Ed Lacy |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 10g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Library of Congress Crime Classics |
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Critics Review
“This 1958 Edgar Award winner for best novel from Lacy (1911-1968) masterfully combines a classic genre trope with a powerful depiction of the impact of racism in 1950s America. The pacing, sharp-edged prose, and characterizations are all top-notch. With any luck, this assured and memorable crime novel will lead to further reissues of Lacy’s work.” – Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
About The Author
Leslie S. Klinger
Ed Lacy (August 25, 1911 - January 7, 1968), born Leonard “Len” S. Zinberg, was an American writer of crime and detective fiction. Lacy, who was white, is credited with creating “the first credible African-American PI” character in fiction, Toussaint “Touie” Marcus Moore. Room to Swing, his 1957 novel that introduced Touie Moore, received the 1958 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
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