This is the first of the Easy Rawlings books, it seems. I started the series somewhere down the line, and then pretty much read to the end. So, I decided I should begin in at the beginning. It's around 1948 or so, and Easy has just got out of the Army. He’s living in Los Angeles and just got laid of...
Thefts, affairs, deceptions, double crosses, and murders abound as detective Easy Rawlins winds his way through the mystery of the Devil in a Blue Dress. Walter Mosley set the book in the 1940s and used it as a social commentary on race relations that is unfortunately still relevant today. Ultimatel...
I really like the way Mosley writes. His writing is beautiful, his characters are complex, fully realized, and in most cases, just trying to get through life with their dignity intact and with that one thing they love beyond all else in hand. I can't explain Mosley's writing. It's quiet, but ther...
Easy Rawlins is a lot desperate. He has lost his job – a good job that allowed him to pay his mortgage and for Easy this is a real problem. Easy loves his house, it seems to represent something that is wholly his and it is part of his pride. So when an acquaintance tells him about a gig where all he...
When a jobless World War II vet named Easy Rawls is hired to find a woman, he finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and murder. Can Easy find Daphne Monet without becoming another victim? And what secrets is Daphne Monet carrying?Devil in a Blue Dress is a throwback to the pioneers of noir like Ha...
For my full review, please visit Casual Debris.3.5/5 or 7/10Lauded for strong characterization and solid writing for a first novel, I have no observations to contradict the popular opinion the novel received on its initial release. What makes this quick read so intriguing is not the mystery plot, bu...
Starting this year everyone around me started accepting reading challenges like a fearless Gladiator, while I was still stuck, mostly, with the books I had bought way back in 2012 and 2013. Most of these books were from writers I have tasted before. So, with a determination and a sense of adventure ...
Great book, especially because of the racial tensions. The Mouse character influenced own writing in the sense that a character can be immoral and interesting rather than 'likeable'.Recommended.
Mosley is notably in the hard-boiled detective tradition. His "Easy" Rawlins is a black war veteran in 1948 Los Angeles, and there's plenty of dark, gritty atmosphere, beautiful women of doubtful virtue, corrupt cops and danger down every corner and a strong first person voice. Mosley can boast a sm...
If you don't immediately start humming the song when you see this title, play it while you read. It is a classic:http://youtu.be/KVbr37_yPeYEasy Rawlins is just trying to get by. Laid off from his job building jets, he needs to make payment on his mortgage or face the loss of his house. Drowning hi...
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