Table of Contents:
  • Chester Himes: his life of absurdity
  • California on parade: If He Hollers Let Him Go and Lonely Crusade
  • Strange landscape: Cast the First Stone
  • Veil of horror: The Third Generation
  • Zoo parade: The Primitive, Pinktoes, and A Case of Rape
  • The greatest show on earth: the detective fiction
  • Apocalyptic endings: 'Plan B"
  • Final assessment.