The End of a Primitive
- Author Chester Himes
- Narrator Ron Butler
- Publisher Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date 24 February 2026
- Run Time 7 hours and 6 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
Jesse Robinson and Kriss Cummings once shared a passionate weekend in Chicago, but it's been years since they've seen each other. Jesse, a black writer, refuses to pen the inspirational novel his agent wants, and sits in his Harlem tenement as his career plummets accordingly. Kriss, a white divorcée, has found moderate success at her office job, but is disillusioned with life. Often sleeping with black men, she's pilloried for "solving the Negro Problem in bed." Each of them lonely and embittered by the racial tensions of McCarthy-era America, they reunite for a whiskey-soaked weekend in 1952, spiraling into a violent, malicious pas de deux that is fated to end in destruction.
Contains mature themes.
| Author | Chester Himes |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Ron Butler |
| Duration | 7 hours and 6 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9798331949006 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Tantor Media, Inc |
| Genre | Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Thriller / suspense fiction |
| Availability | US |
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