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Walter Mosley - Devil In A Blue Dress - trade paperback
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- Condition
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- Seller notes
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780743451796
- Book Title
- Devil in a Blue Dress : an Easy Rawlins Novel
- Book Series
- Easy Rawlins Mystery Ser.
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- African American / General, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General, African American / Mystery & Detective
- Item Weight
- 7.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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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. 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 his friend's bar, he's wondering how he'll manage to make ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs. Easy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever. "More than simply a detective novel...[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it" ( The New York Times ).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Washington Square Press
ISBN-10
0743451791
ISBN-13
9780743451796
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2247931
Product Key Features
Book Title
Devil in a Blue Dress : an Easy Rawlins Novel
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
African American / General, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General, African American / Mystery & Detective
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Easy Rawlins Mystery Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
7.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
The social commentary is sly, the dialogue is fabulous, the noir atmosphere so real you could touch it. A first novel? That what they say. Amazing. Smashing., A suspenseful novel of human detection more than simply a detective novel....[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it., Los Angeles Times Book ReviewRichly atmospheric....Devil in a Blue Dresshonors the hard-boiled tradition of Hammett/Chandler/Cain in its story line and attitude, but Mosley takes us down some mean streets that his spiritual predecessors never could have.... A fast-moving, entertaining story written with impressive style., Richly atmospheric... Devil in a Blue Dress honors the hard-boiled tradition of Hamett/Chandler/Cain in its story line line and attitude, but Mosley takes us down some mean streets that his spiritual predecessors never could have...A fast moving, entertaining story written with impressive style. This kind of book that leaves you yearning to read more about Easy Rawlins' adventures., Los Angeles Times Book Review Richly atmospheric.... Devil in a Blue Dress honors the hard-boiled tradition of Hammett/Chandler/Cain in its story line and attitude, but Mosley takes us down some mean streets that his spiritual predecessors never could have.... A fast-moving, entertaining story written with impressive style., The New York TimesA suspenseful novel of human detection more than simply a detective novel....[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it., The New York Times A suspenseful novel of human detection more than simply a detective novel....[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it., Richly atmospheric... Devil in a Blue Dress honors the hard-boiled tradion of Hamett/Chandler/Cain in its story line line and attitude, but Mosley takes us down some mean streets that his spiritual predecessors never could have...A fast moving, entertaining story written with impressive style. This kind of book that leaves you yearning to read more about Easy Rawlins' adventures.
Lccn
2003-267001
Series Volume Number
1
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Edition Description
Reprint
Lc Classification Number
Ps3563.O88456d48
Copyright Date
2002
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