Black Betty (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Mosley, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786203234 ISBN 13: 9780786203239

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1994

Synopsis

In 1931 Los Angeles, detective Easy Rawlins accepts a job searching for a beautiful woman nicknamed "Black Betty," who works as a housekeeper in Beverly Hills

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0786203234
• ISBN 13: 9780786203239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 425