A Case of Rape : A Novel

From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a brilliant, short novel about a tragic death and a wrongful conviction Spare and powerful, A Case of Rape chronicles a tragic miscarriage of justice. Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock Brissard, a white woman, has died in Paris under mysterious circumstances. She had overdosed on an aphrodisiac, and there was evidence she had been sexually assaulted. A French couple witnessed four black men attempting to push her out a window before she died. The trial that followed was summary, and its verdict convicting the four men of rape was practically a foregone conclusion. But was it true? A riveting mystery but also a mordant critique of racism and sexism, and featuring an introduction by Calvin C. Hernton, A Case of Rape is the fablelike story of doomed love and justice.

• | Author: Chester Himes
• | Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• | Publication Date: Oct 08, 2024
• | Number of Pages: 145 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0593686748
• | ISBN-13: 9780593686744