In the Heat of the Night: The Original Virgil Tibbs Novel

In the Heat of the Night: The Original Virgil Tibbs Novel (Penguin Classics)

A 50th-anniversary edition of the pioneering novel featuring African American police detective Virgil Tibbsâ€”with a foreword by John Ridley, creator of the TV series American Crime and Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave
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â€œThey call me Mr. Tibbsâ€ was the line immortalized by Sidney Poitier in the 1967 Oscar-winning movie adaptation of In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Crime Writersâ€™ Association Gold Dagger Award and was named one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.Â Now fans of classic crime can rediscover this suspense-filled novel whose hero paved the way for James Pattersonâ€™s Alex Cross, George Pelecanosâ€™s Derek Strange, and other African American detectives.

A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. Itâ€™s no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black manâ€”Virgil Tibbsâ€”is not the killer but a skilled homicide detective, passing through racially tense Wells, South Carolina, on his way back to California. Even more surprising, Wellsâ€™s new police chief recruits Tibbs to help with the investigation. But Tibbsâ€™s presence in town rubs some of the locals the wrong way, and it wonâ€™t be long before the martial artsâ€“trained 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 English-speaking world. With more than 1,500Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Classics
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2015-12-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143107743

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Classics
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2015-12-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143107743

In the Heat of the Night: The Original Virgil Tibbs Novel (Penguin Classics)

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