{"product_id":"9780593686744","title":"A Case of Rape","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a brilliant, short novel about four black men in Paris wrongfully convicted of raping and murdering a white woman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn spare, dispassionate prose with all the austerity of a deposition, \u003ci\u003eA Case of Rape\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a tragic miscarriage of justice. The facts of the case are this: Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock Brissard, a white woman, accompanied Mr. Scott Hamilton, a Black American man, to his hotel room in Paris’s Latin Quarter at three in the afternoon on Sunday, September 8th. They had had an affair previously, but things had ended well. In fact, they were working on a novel together. The intention of their meeting was to discuss it, and they were joined by three other Black American men: Caesar Gee, Theodore Elkins, and Sheldon Edward Russell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout three hours later a French couple witnessed the four men attempting to push her out the window, and some time after that, she was found dead. The eventual trial was summary. Its verdict was indeed a foregone conclusion. But was it true?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA riveting mystery but also a mordant critique of racism and sexism, \u003ci\u003eA Case of Rape\u003c\/i\u003e is the fable-like story of doomed love and justice.","brand":"Chester Himes","offers":[{"title":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-10-08","offer_id":46019519447295,"sku":"9780593686744","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_70c5b620-d9f0-4a80-b3f9-5849ba738cda.jpg?v=1723603857","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593686744","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}