FREE shipping on qualifying offers. pinktoes" was sold as pornography 50 years ago when i read it for the first time, seated rigid upright to keep from drooling. what i remember most is it was a hoot and a half every chapter

FREE shipping on qualifying offers. what i remember most is it was a hoot and a half every chapter. himes' use of entendre - single, double, triple and so forth - turns the book into slapstick slick enough to cover a satire so wicked it might have.

Pinktoes is a book that sounds good in abstract but fails miserably in execution. Written by Chester Himes, a black American author who was living in self-imposed exile in France (where this book was first published in 1961), it purports to be a rollicking, obscene evisceration of racial attitudes in the United States. Given the timing, at the dawn of the 60s and and modern Civil Rights era, it is well positioned for its theme.

Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was a black American writer. His works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and the Harlem Detective series. In 1958 he won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Chester Himes was born. In 1958 he won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

Pinktoes, Chester Himes said, is a term of indulgent affection applied to white women by Negro men, and sometimes conversely by Negro women to white men, but never adversely by either.

Pinktoes, Chester Himes said, is a term of indulgent affection applied to white women by Negro men, and sometimes conversely by Negro women to white men, but never adversely by either. In this rowdy work of fiction that debunks self-satisfied do-gooders, Himes satirizes social missionaries who preach uplift and promote specious causes.

Signet Book451-Y6805 (1975) Chester Himes Cover artist unknown Chester Himes wrote several novels featuring Harlem cops Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones between 1957 and . Chester Himes - 'Pinktoes' (1961).

Signet Book451-Y6805 (1975) Chester Himes Cover artist unknown Chester Himes wrote several novels featuring Harlem cops Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones between 1957 and 1969. Though Signet lists this book as being in the series, this was actually the last Johnson/Jones novel to be published in Himes' lifetime.

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I unearthed also, in time, Pinktoes, If He Hollers Let Him Go-and something titled The Primitive. This last, which I found and still find profoundly unsettling, certainly like nothing I had read before, I’ve since come to regard as one of America’s great novels. That’s my life-the third generation out of slavery, 1 Chester Himes ended his 1976 autobiography, a book striking off in so many directions, encompassing so much, that it seems one life could never have contained all this.

Pinktoes," Chester Himes said, "is a term of indulgent affection applied to white women by Negro men, and sometimes conversely by Negro women to white men, but never adversely by either. With Rabelaisian zest he portrays Mamie Mason, Harlem's most influential society matron, hosting desegregated sexual orgies, all for the advancement of harmony between the races.

Perfect for in-depth school essays and projects on Pinktoes. This Study Guide consists of approximately 6 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Pinktoes. Print Word PDF. This section contains 143 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page). As a sexual satire, Pinktoes is Himes's most atypical novel, being neither directly autobiographical like his early work, nor a crime novel like his detective fiction.

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