NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Call him the Cedric the Novelist.
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that it will publish a novel in September by Cedric the Entertainer. 鈥淔lipping Boxcars,鈥� billed as a 鈥渧alentine鈥� to 1940s crime fiction, is scheduled for Sept. 12.
鈥淔lipping Boxcars is an homage to my grandfather, who I never met, but I鈥檝e been told I am a lot like," Cedric the Entertainer, who stars in the CBS-TV comedy 鈥淭he Neighborhood鈥� and has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows, said in a statement. "This is an intriguing novel filled with surprises, thrills, triumphs, and the heartaches of a family connected through time and circumstance.鈥�
The novel is co-written by Alan Eisenstock, who has worked on books with George Lopez and Robert Schimmel.
The Associated Press
