And it does seem likely that Fisher, besides reading Agatha Christie, read Dashiell Hammett and other early hardboiled writers.L.A. Highly readable, wholly entertaining.Stanley Ellin A well-constructed thriller of a little-known side of Harlem life, with a Black detective to solve the crime and with just enough humour on the side.Rumana McManis, New York Times A detective story of the first class, written with adroitness, humor, and a clever plot.Boston Transcript a puzzling mystery yarn which is at the same time a lively picture of HarlemNew York Times Captures the historically induced unique qualities of Black people.Oliver Henry, The Harlem Renaissance As far as crime fiction goes, The Conjure-Man Dies gets down and dirty in a style more in the American hardboiled fashion than the British country house fashion. This crime classic is introduced by New York crime writer Stanley Ellin, and includes Rudolph Fishers last published story, John Archers Nose, in which Perry Dart and Dr Archer return to solve the case of a young man murdered in his own bed. With a gripping plot and vividly drawn characters, Fishers witty novel is a remarkable time capsule of one of the most exciting eras in the history of Black fiction. 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. The Conjure-Man Dies was the very first detective novel written by an African-American.
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. This trailblazing work of fiction is notable for its depiction of Harlems African American society and culture in the 1930s Bookpage When the body of NGana Frimbo, the African conjure-man, is discovered in his consultation room, Perry Dart, one of Harlems ten Black police detectives, is called in to investigate. One of Buzzfeeds Most Anticipated Books of 2021.
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