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In The Heat Of The Night
  • Published: 18 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241238622
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $29.99
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In The Heat Of The Night

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5 May 2016
Paperback
18 July 2016
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A fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic crime novel that inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Sidney Poitier

A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. It's no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man - Virgil Tibbs - is himself a skilled homicide detective from California, whom inexperienced Chief Gillespie reluctantly recruits to help with the case. Faced with mounting local hostility and a police force that seems determined to see him fail, it isn't long before Tibbs - trained in karate and aikido - will have to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety.
  • Published: 18 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241238622
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

John Ball

John Ball is a former GP and now a Devon based practitioner of the alternatives who has lectured and taught at schools and colleges of complementary medicine around the UK.

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Praise for In The Heat Of The Night

Penguin has picked the perfect time to re-issue John Ball's brilliant debut story ... This is a psychologically astute examination of racial prejudice, an atmospheric depiction of the times and a brilliant, suspense-filled read ... If you haven't read it, do so

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