Black Betty: An Easy Rawlins Mystery - Softcover

Mosley, Walter

4.08

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9780671884277: Black Betty: An Easy Rawlins Mystery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671884271 ISBN 13: 9780671884277

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1995

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The New York Times Book Review ended its rave for White Butterfly, the most recent novel in Walter Mosley's acclaimed mystery series, by saying "I can't wait to see where Easy Rawlins turns up next. And when". Black Betty holds the sure-to-be-bestselling answer. The place is Los Angeles. The year is 1961, the dawn of a hopeful era for America's black citizens. Easy Rawlins's quiet real-estate empire is deep in the hole, so he must accept $200 from the oily white private eye Saul Lynx to track down one Elizabeth Eady, aka "Black Betty". From her native Houston's Fifth Ward to her position as housekeeper for the immensely wealthy Cain family of Beverly Hills, Betty's stunning beauty and raw sensuality have left a trail of chaos and mayhem in her wake. To compound Easy's troubles, his murderous sidekick Mouse is due out of jail, and he has bloody revenge on his mind. Entertainment Weekly has said that "[Easy] Rawlins isn't just the best new series detective around, he might be the best American character to appear in quite some time". Easy's murder-strewn search for "Black Betty" takes him into the depths of America's racial dilemmas and the mysteries of human character - and his creator, Walter Mosley, to even greater heights of achievement in the American novel. It is that rare novel that tells a gripping, fast-paced story while it grapples with the biggest questions that haunt American life.

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Review:

?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

About the Author:

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.

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