Ellroy Reads – A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
February 16, 2025
In the latest episode of Ellroy Reads I look at Chester Himes’s hardboiled classic A Rage in Harlem, the first novel in the Harlem Detective series. I enjoyed discussing this novel, and I begin the episode with some thoughts on Ellroy’s present state of mind and his literary career.
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The Venetian Vase 
Interesting comments at the beginning about recent interviews. I know in the past interviews went poorly if he thought the interviewer was unprepared or asked questions he had declared off-limits. Hope this is just a temporary glitch and not something more serious behind the aggressiveness.
Me too. I think all his dedicated readers care about him and don’t want him to sink into a morass. He’s unbeatable at his best.