This was a great book however, due to circumstances beyond my control, I read it in short time sequences and spurts. I hate to read books that way. I like to read two hours or more at each sitting but it didn’t happen here but it’s not going to reflect the four stars I gave it. And certainly, the en...
Devil in a Blue Dress is an excellent hard-boiled mystery. It is also a fascinating examination of race and masculinities in late-1940s Los Angeles. That it manages to do both these things at the same time, seamlessly, is little short of breathtaking. "Easy" Rawlins had just been fired from his job ...
I am about half-way through this book, and I love the dark atmosphere. Easy (the lead character) is a very flawed, but true to himself kind of character that makes you root for him. I will give a better review when I am done, but so far, I am sad that I missed out on this author. I will probably go ...
This book is firmly on my list of favorite novels. Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins is a young black WWII veteran who has lost his job and is eager to jump at an opportunity when a shady white businessman hires him to locate a pretty white woman named Daphne Monet, who is known for gettin her party on at blac...
Easy Rawlins is a great character, Los Angeles after World War 2 is a great setting and Mosley entertains and illuminates while simultaneously addressing the issue of race in America. I look forward to reading more Easy Rawlins mysteries, but will probably try one of his novels set in recent times. ...
Now to watch the film, it's cued up on the player so it's feet up with popcorn time. Whee!Walter Mosley's thriller, read by Paul Winfield.Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1990 hardboiled mystery novel by Walter Mosley, the first of his mystery novels featuring Easy Rawlins, a black private detective in po...
An incredible book. Mosley manages to channel [b:Raymond Chandler|2052|The Big Sleep|Raymond Chandler|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AGA624Z5L._SL75_.jpg|1222673] while still retaining his own voice, and deals with some very different issues in a much more straightforward way than the origi...
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