Chester B. Himes Exhibition catalogues & specific collections Topic 1 Surds and Quadratic

Topic 1 Surds and Quadratic Functions

only to discover horror around the bend as a friend-and sometimes foe-is reborn in fire

full of secrets

A gay bushranger with a love of poetry and guns

Christian Lotz

Chester B. Himes Exhibition catalogues & specific collections Topic 1 Surds and QuadraticChester B. Himes has been called "one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition" (Henry Louis Gates Jr.), "the best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler" (San Francisco Chronicle), and "a quirky American genius" (Walter Mosely). He was the twentieth century's most prolific black writer, captured the spirit of his times expertly, and left a distinctive mark on American literature. Yet today he stands largely forgotten. In this