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Detective Easy Rawlins returns in a mystery set in 1961 Los Angeles as Easy accepts a job searching for a beautiful woman nicknamed "Black Betty," who works as a housekeeper in Beverly Hills. 75,000 first printing. Major ad/promo. Tour.
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?Times, leaders and heroes change... It seems somehow fitting that Bill Clinton?s favourite do-gooder is Easy Rawlins, a savvy, down-to-earth African-American private eye based in Los Angeles? Time Magazine ?It should not be held against Walter Mosley that his books have been praised by the President of the United States... Mosley captures the era with masterful dialogue, subtle social comment and a total command of place and time. Even Clinton can be right? The Times
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Walter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series of mysteries, and the novels Blue Light, RL's Dream, Futureland and Fearless Jones, as well as two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow - Walkin' the Dog and Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned for which he received the Anisfield-Wold award. He was born in Los Angeles and lives in New York.
Stanley Bennett Clay has received three NAACP Theatre Awards for writing, directing, and co-producing the critically acclaimed play Ritual, as well as a Pan African Film Festival Jury Award for the film adaptation. Clay has also narrated three titles written by Walter Mosley and published by Macmillan Audio – Black Betty, A Red Death, and White Butterfly. His television credits include appearances on Cheers, The Wanda Sykes Show, and M*A*S*H.
Stanley Bennett Clay has received three NAACP Theatre Awards for writing, directing, and co-producing the critically acclaimed play Ritual, as well as a Pan African Film Festival Jury Award for the film adaptation. Clay has also narrated three titles written by Walter Mosley and published by Macmillan Audio – Black Betty, A Red Death, and White Butterfly. His television credits include appearances on Cheers, The Wanda Sykes Show, and M*A*S*H.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Co.
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0393036448
- ISBN 13 9780393036442
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. It's 1961, and Easy Rawlins's real estate empire is deep in the hole. Desperate for cash, Easy accepts money from the oily white detective Saul Lynx to track down a beautiful black woman whose raw sensuality has left a trail of chaos and mayhem in her wake. BLACK BETTY is the fourth book in the Easy Rawlins series. Mosley is the winner of the 2016 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. New, unread, first edition, first printing, in new, mylar-protected dust jacket. M90. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 019596
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