Search
    Search FictionDB
      Tap cover to enlarge

      Yesterday Will Make You Cry

      by Chester Himes
      Published
      Feb 1998
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Rating
      Pages
      368
      Buy on Amazon Book

      About This Book

      From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite it

      Jimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips away in total darkness. When a fire breaks out amid these mounting indignities, it unleashes a deadly mayhem that leaves Jimmy feeling as though his entire world is disintegrating. But in its aftermath, he kindles a tender relationship with a fellow convict named Rico and finally catches a glimmer of hope.

      Searing, exquisitely vivid, and ultimately affirming, Yesterday Will Make You Cry is a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite them.

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction

      Characters & Occupations

      LGBTQ

      Formats & Editions

      Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

      Paperback

      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Feb 1999 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393318296 ISBN10 039331829X
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Mar 2025 Vintage ISBN13 9780593686669 ISBN10 0593686667
      Buy

      Hardcover

      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      First Edition Feb 1998 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393045772 ISBN10 0393045773
      Buy

      eBook

      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Feb 2025 Penguin ISBN13 9781802065657 ISBN10 1802065652
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Feb 2025 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B0D4K3JRB6
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Mar 2025 Knopf ISBN13 9780593686676 ISBN10 0593686675
      Buy

      Audio

      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Apr 2025 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B0DTRNPV8K
      Buy