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Synopsis
Recounting his memories to a young white woman who is also a refugee from a painful Southern past, Soupspoon Wise, a dying blues performer, describes a brief encounter with a famous performer that still haunts him
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Review
Fredric Koeppel
"Memphis Commercial Appeal"
You won't be prepared for the brilliance and adventuresome nature of "RL's Dream"....filled with reckless humor, sorrow and abandon that are as exhilarating as they are provocative.
Tom De Haven
"Entertainment Weekly"
Heart-stopping....a beautiful little masterpiece....a meditation on the history and meaning of the blues and, in its sorrowful lyric, virtually a blues song itself....Every part of this novel -- every page -- comes alive.
Danielle Taylor-Guthrie
"Chicago Tribune"
Fans of Mosley's Easy Rawlins series will not be disappointed by "RL's Dream"....Mosley's sense of timing and mystery is as powerful as ever....Mosley is a master storyteller, and in "RL's Dream" the blues are real.
Fredric Koeppel"Memphis Commercial Appeal"You won't be prepared for the brilliance and adventuresome nature of "RL's Dream,."..filled with reckless humor, sorrow and abandon that are as exhilarating as they are provocative.
Danielle Taylor-Guthrie"Chicago Tribune"Fans of Mosley's Easy Rawlins series will not be disappointed by "RL's Dream,."..Mosley's sense of timing and mystery is as powerful as ever....Mosley is a master storyteller, and in "RL's Dream" the blues are real.
Tom De Haven "Entertainment Weekly" Heart-stopping....a beautiful little masterpiece....a meditation on the history and meaning of the blues and, in its sorrowful lyric, virtually a blues song itself....Every part of this novel -- every page -- comes alive.
Danielle Taylor-Guthrie "Chicago Tribune" Fans of Mosley's Easy Rawlins series will not be disappointed by "RL's Dream."...Mosley's sense of timing and mystery is as powerful as ever....Mosley is a master storyteller, and in "RL's Dream" the blues are real.
Fredric Koeppel "Memphis Commercial Appeal" You won't be prepared for the brilliance and adventuresome nature of "RL's Dream."...filled with reckless humor, sorrow and abandon that are as exhilarating as they are provocative.
Tom De Haven Entertainment Weekly Heart-stopping....a beautiful little masterpiece....a meditation on the history and meaning of the blues and, in its sorrowful lyric, virtually a blues song itself....Every part of this novel -- every page -- comes alive.
Danielle Taylor-Guthrie Chicago Tribune Fans of Mosley's Easy Rawlins series will not be disappointed by RL's Dream....Mosley's sense of timing and mystery is as powerful as ever....Mosley is a master storyteller, and in RL's Dream the blues are real.
About the Author
Walter Mosley is the New York Times bestselling author of five Easy Rawlins mysteries: Devil in A Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, Black Betty, and A Little Yellow Dog; three non-mystery novels, Blue Light, Gone Fishin', and R. L.'s Dream; two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, for which he received the Anisfield Wolf Award, and which was an HBO movie; and a nonfiction book, Workin' On The Chain Gang. Mosley is also the author of the Leonid McGill, and Fearless Jones mystery series, The Tempest Tales and Six Easy Pieces. He is a former president of the Mystery Writers of America, a founder of the PEN American Center Open Book Committee, and is on the board of directors of the National Book Awards. A native of Los Angeles, he now lives in New York City.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0786205571
- ISBN 13 9780786205578
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages410
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