 First edition | |
| Author | Chester Himes |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Doubleday Doran |
Publication date | 1945 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 203 |
| OCLC | 51102812 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3515.I713 I3 2002 |
If He Hollers Let Him Go is the first novel by American writer Chester Himes, published in 1945, about an African-American shipyard worker in Los Angeles during World War II. It earned him critical acclaim and was considered a "protest novel", in the tradition of Richard Wright.[1]
The book was adapted as a 1968 film, starring Raymond St. Jacques, Dana Wynter, Kevin McCarthy, Barbara McNair, and Arthur O'Connell. The screenplay differed markedly from the novel.
- ^ Michael P. Jeffries, "The Rage in Harlem, and Beyond", review of Lawrence P. Jackson's Chester B. Himes: A Biography, New York Times Book Review, 27 August 2017