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092    |fF|aHOLLOWAY 
100 1  Holloway, Karla F. C.,|d1949-|eauthor. 
245 12 A death in Harlem :|ba novel /|cKarla FC Holloway. 
264  1 Evanston, Illinois :|bTriQuarterly Books/Northwestern 
       University Press,|c2019. 
300    x, 234 pages ;|c23 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
505 00 |tThe fall --|tWeldon Haynie Thomas --|tHarlem night --
       |tBound north blues --|tPolitical parties --|tThe Ninth 
       Annual Opportunity Awards banquet --|tMisadventure? --
       |tThe morning after --|tDowntown-upper east --|tHarlem, in
       between --|tAfter the fall --|tThe thirtieth precinct-
       Harlem --|tRumor, gossip, and innuendo --|tIndictment --
       |tObsequies --|tArrested --|tThe Omada --|tPolice court --
       |tThe brothers' law --|tWaiting for Weldon --|tBefore the 
       fall --|tThe Harlem Branch Library --|tPassing --|tRooms 
       with a view --|tCinnamon and salt --|tColor struck --
       |tJust spring --|tWitness --|tKeys --|tOffice visit --
       |tEvidence --|tEyes on the prize --|tThe Palmer method --
       |tVermilion Parish --|tBlood will out --|tOne too many --
       |tReshelving --|tWithout sanctuary --|tMinding the gap --
       |tThe Omada collection --|tCommon ground. 
520    "Renowned African American studies scholar Karla Holloway 
       has been working on her first novel, "A Death in Harlem," 
       for some years, as she blazed bright, consequential, and 
       broad trails as a professor, dean, and administrator at 
       Duke University. In this Harlem Renaissance mystery, 
       Weldon Haynie Thomas is Harlem's first "colored" policeman,
       blessed with insight, humor, resourcefulness, and a deep 
       intuition. (While Haynie is a fictional creation, the 
       first African American policeman in NYC, Samuel Battle, 
       also served during this time period, between 1911-1941.) 
       "A Death in Harlem" improvises and extends the plot of 
       Nella Larsen's "Passing" by asking "what happened after 
       the fall?" Officer Thomas investigates the light-enough-to
       -pass woman who jumped? fell? was pushed? from the Hotel 
       Theresa during the Opportunity Magazine Awards Banquet. 
       While A Death in Harlem is lively and conversational, it's
       also informed by a deep knowledge of African American 
       culture and history -- which support pointed critiques of 
       the relationships between Harlem's Sugar Hill colored folk,
       and the regular folk uptown, for instance. Impeccably 
       researched and confidently written, "A Death in Harlem" is
       a life's work -- an especially fun, stylish, and edifying 
       read"--Provided by publisher. 
650  0 African Americans|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xSocial 
       conditions|vFiction. 
650  0 African American police|zNew York (State)|zNew York
       |vFiction. 
650  0 Homicide investigation|zNew York (State)|zNew York
       |vFiction. 
651  0 Harlem (New York, N.Y.)|vFiction. 
655  7 Detective and mystery fiction.|2lcgft