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Blind Man with a Pistol
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"Blind Man with a Pistol" is a complex, gritty crime novel that explores racial tensions and societal chaos in 1960s Harlem through the investigations of detective Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.

fiction | 209 pages | Published in 2011

Quotes

A man without a job is a man who has been given the freedom to create his own destiny.

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freedomdestinyunemployment

Justice is blind and often stumbles over its own feet.

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justiceblindnessirony

In a city that never sleeps, the truth hides in the shadows.

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truthcity lifemystery

The streets speak a language only the desperate can understand.

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desperationurban lifecommunication

Sometimes the only way to fight darkness is to become the light.

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darknesslighthope

A gun in the hand of the blind is a weapon of mass confusion.

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violenceconfusionblindness

Every alley tells a story, every corner hides a secret.

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secretsurban lifestories

The greatest weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

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oppressionmindpower

Sometimes, to see clearly, one must look through the eyes of madness.

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madnessclarityperspective

The heart of a city beats in the rhythm of its people.

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city lifecommunityhumanity