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Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel
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Walter Mosely's Devil in a Blue Dress was written in 1990 and set in 1948. The 30th anniversary edition gives us pause to consider what has and has not changed in terms of race in the U.S. Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins comes to the job of private detective not by choice, but necessity. In true detective and noir form, he's as tough to the world as it is to him. And that world, as in all noir fiction, is a troubled and violent environment. Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress ranks in the canon of Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Jim Thompson and Dashiell Hammett.
The first novel by “master of mystery” (The New York Times) Walter Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American detective in all of fiction. Named one of the “best 100 mystery novels of all time” by the Mystery Writers of America, this special thirtieth anniversary edition features an all new introduction from the author.
The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles.
Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. Drinking in ...
The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles.
Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. Drinking in ...
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