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The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery - The First Ever African-American Crime Novel (Paperback)
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The Conjure-Man Dies: A Harlem Mystery - The First Ever African-American Crime Novel (Paperback)
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One of Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books of 2021. "This
trailblazing work of fiction is notable for its depiction of
Harlem's African American society and culture in the 1930s"
-Bookpage When the body of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man,
is discovered in his consultation room, Perry Dart, one of Harlem's
ten Black police detectives, is called in to investigate. Together
with Dr Archer, a physician from across the street, Dart is
determined to solve the baffling mystery, helped and hindered by
Bubber Brown and Jinx Jenkins, local boys keen to clear themselves
of suspicion of murder and undertake their own investigations. The
Conjure-Man Dies was the very first detective novel written by an
African-American. A distinguished doctor and accomplished musician
and dramatist, Rudolph Fisher was one of the principal writers of
the Harlem Renaissance, but died in 1934 aged only 37. With a
gripping plot and vividly drawn characters, Fisher's witty novel is
a remarkable time capsule of one of the most exciting eras in the
history of Black fiction. This crime classic is introduced by New
York crime writer Stanley Ellin, and includes Rudolph Fisher's last
published story, 'John Archer's Nose', in which Perry Dart and Dr
Archer return to solve the case of a young man murdered in his own
bed.
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