Pinktoes: A Novel
Pinktoes: A Novel
Author: Chester Himes
Desc: Pinktoes Chester Himes said is a term of indulgent affection applied to white women by Negro men and sometimes conversely by Negro women to white men but never adversely by either. In this rowdy work of fiction that debunks self-satisfied do-gooders Himes satirizes social missionaries who preach uplift and promote specious causes. With Rabelaisian zest he portrays Mamie Mason Harlem's most influential society matron hosting desegregated sexual orgies all for the advancement of harmony between the races. Just as eager as Mamie to bask in the favorable light of social justice are liberal whites who wish to be seen amid the right people. Printed in Paris in 1962 because it was perhaps too confrontational for U. S. publishers this sex farce is regarded as Himes's most daring work of fiction.