If He Hollers, Let Him Go
The searing debut novel by Chester Himes, ‘written with youthful panache and a bellyful of anger’ (Observer)
Robert ‘Bob’ Jones – crew leader, shipyard worker, educated, employed – is finding life impossible. Though he’s recently been promoted to supervisor, he is disrespected and resented by white colleagues; and despite his relationship with the high-class Alice, he is crudely baited by the manip...
The searing debut novel by Chester Himes, ‘written with youthful panache and a bellyful of anger’ (Observer)
Robert ‘Bob’ Jones – crew leader, shipyard worker, educated, employed – is finding life impossible. Though he’s recently been promoted to supervisor, he is disrespected and resented by white colleagues; and despite his relationship with the high-class Alice, he is crudely baited by the manip...
