Cotton Comes to Harlem (novel)
First UK edition | |
| Author | Chester Himes |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Terrance Cummings |
| Language | English |
| Series | Harlem Detective |
| Genre | Hardboiled crime fiction |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons (US) Muller (UK) |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 159 pp |
| ISBN | 0-394-75999-0 |
| OCLC | 88040045 |
| 813/.54 | |
| LC Class | PS3515.I713 C68 1988 |
| Preceded by | The Big Gold Dream |
| Followed by | The Heat's On |
Cotton Comes to Harlem is a hardboiled crime fiction novel written by Chester Himes in 1965. It is the sixth and best known of the Harlem Detective series. It was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1970 starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx.