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In the Heat of the Night: The Original Virgil Tibbs Novel (Penguin Classics),Used
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A 50thanniversary edition of the pioneering novel featuring African American police detective Virgil Tibbswith a foreword by John Ridley, creator of the TV series American Crime and Oscarwinning screenwriter of 12 Years a SlaveThey call me Mr. Tibbs was the line immortalized by Sidney Poitier in the 1967 Oscarwinning movie adaptation of In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award and was named one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Now fans of classic crime can rediscover this suspensefilled novel whose hero paved the way for James Pattersons Alex Cross, George Pelecanoss Derek Strange, and other African American detectives.A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. Its no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black manVirgil Tibbsis not the killer but a skilled homicide detective, passing through racially tense Wells, South Carolina, on his way back to California. Even more surprising, Wellss new police chief recruits Tibbs to help with the investigation. But Tibbss presence in town rubs some of the locals the wrong way, and it wont be long before the martial artstrained detective has to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the Englishspeaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as uptodate translations by awardwinning translators.
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