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![]() | Room to Swing (1957) (The first book in the Toussaint M. Moore series) A novel by Ed Lacy |
1958 Edgar Award Winner
First appearance of Toussaint Moore, a black private investigator from New York, framed in his own city for a white man's murder. Moore ends up in a small Ohio town, close to the Kentucky border, trying to prove his own innocence and dealing the attitudes of the time.
Fascinating novel, written by Lacy (Len Zinberg), a politically active author from the '30s whose knowledge of the culture is derived from his marriage to an African-American woman. Toussaint "Touie" Moore is considered the original, credible black detective.
Genre: Mystery
First appearance of Toussaint Moore, a black private investigator from New York, framed in his own city for a white man's murder. Moore ends up in a small Ohio town, close to the Kentucky border, trying to prove his own innocence and dealing the attitudes of the time.
Fascinating novel, written by Lacy (Len Zinberg), a politically active author from the '30s whose knowledge of the culture is derived from his marriage to an African-American woman. Toussaint "Touie" Moore is considered the original, credible black detective.
Genre: Mystery
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Used availability for Ed Lacy's Room to Swing
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Hardback Editions
1957 : Hardback
| Title: Room to Swing Author(s): Ed Lacy Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Room To Swing Author(s): Ed Lacy, Leonard Zinberg ISBN: 1-59654-209-8 / 9781596542099 (USA edition) Publisher: blackmask.com Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1971 : Paperback
| Title: ROOM TO SWING Author(s): Ed Lacy Publisher: Pyramid Books Availability: Amazon CA More details... |
1958 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Room to Swing (Pyramid G353) Author(s): Ed Lacy Publisher: Pyramid Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
August 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: Room to Swing Author(s): Ed Lacy Publisher: Grotto Pulp Fiction Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: Room To Swing Author(s): Ed Lacy Publisher: Oak Grove Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1958 : Unknown
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1958 : Unknown
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1958 : Unknown
| Title: Room to Swing (Bloodhound mysteries-no.192) Author(s): Ed Lacy Publisher: Boardman Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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