Background
Mosley, Walter Ellis was born on January 12, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of LeRoy and Ella Mosley.
(Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home...)
Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend, Christmas Black left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only mean that the ex-marine Black is probably dead, or will be soon. Easter's appearance is only the beginning, as Easy is immersed in a sea of problems. The love of his life is marrying another man and his friend Mouse is wanted for the murder of a father of 12. As he's searching for a clue to Christmas Black's whereabouts, two suspicious MPs hire him to find his friend Black on behalf of the U.S. Army. Easy's investigation brings him to a blonde woman, Faith Laneer, whose past is as dark as her beauty is bright. As Easy begins to put the pieces together, he realizes that Black's dissappearance has its roots in Vietnam, and that Faith might be in a world of danger.
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(In spite of remarkable differences, Tommy and Eric are as...)
In spite of remarkable differences, Tommy and Eric are as close as brothers. Tommy, a delicate black boy, is cursed with health problems and drawn to trouble more often than not. Eric is a Nordic Adonis, graced by a seemingly endless supply of good fortune. When tragedy rips their makeshift family apart, the two boys are set on courses that diverge astonishingly. In a riveting tale of resilience and redemption that traces their parallel lives, Tommy and Eric ultimately reunite after years apart and draw on their childhood bond as they confront together the forces that threaten to destroy them.
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(Los Angeles, 1948. El protagonista, un c urtido ex combat...)
Los Angeles, 1948. El protagonista, un c urtido ex combatiente negro sin trabajo, al que le caera del cielo, o por encargo de un personaje dudoso, la mision de buscar a una cantante blanca que frecuenta garitos de negros, donde los blancos no son habitualmente bien recibidos. la busqueda lo llevara desde los clubes hasta residencias de politicos.
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(From the acclaimed bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins...)
From the acclaimed bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins series who has been deemed “one of America’s best mystery writers” (The New York Times Book Review) comes a tale about a murdered man who does not want to go to heaven or hell—he’d rather have his old life in Harlem. Tempest Landry is neither a good nor a bad man, but an average man trying to survive. Sure, he stole money from his mother’s church, but he used it to pay for his aunt’s groceries while she was recovering from pneumonia. And yes, Tiny Henderson went to jail because of Tempest’s white lie, but the brutal rapist and murderer deserved it. After a cop “accidentally” kills Tempest, Tempest is denied access to heaven for his sins. But he brazenly refuses St. Peter’s command to proceed to hell—he would just as soon settle for his old life in Harlem. Temporarily stymied, St. Peter grants Tempest his wish—but in a different body and with a guardian angel following him around who is determined to convert him to righteousness. But the devil is also in the running for Tempest’s soul—and he wants it in a bad way. In this episodic and humorous homage to Langston Hughes’ prescient narrator Jess B. Simple, readers are lured into the never-ending debate on the nature of good and evil. The Tempest Tales explores the provoking questions: Is sin the same for people of different races? Is sin judged the same for the poor as it is for the rich? And ultimately, who really gets to decide?
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(A major literary event-nothing short of a "tour de force"...)
A major literary event-nothing short of a "tour de force" (New York Times) by the acclaimed and beloved author. Marooned in an apartment that overflows with mementos from the past, 91-year-old Ptolemy Grey is all but forgotten by his family and the world. But when an unexpected opportunity arrives, everything changes for Ptolemy in ways as shocking and unanticipated as they are poignant and profound.
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(1961: For most black Americans, these were times of hope....)
1961: For most black Americans, these were times of hope. For former P.I. Easy Rawlins, Los Angeles's mean streets were never meaner...or more deadly. Ordinarily, Easy would have thrown the two bills in the sleazy shamus' face -- the white man who wanted him to find the notorious Black Betty, an ebony siren whose talent for all things rich and male took her from Houston's Fifth Ward to Beverly Hills. There was too much Easy wasn't being told, but he couldn't resist the prospect of seeing Betty again, even if it killed him....
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(The story tells that one veteran of the American Civil Wa...)
The story tells that one veteran of the American Civil War Easy Rollins, in order to have the loan of his only one small house , takes the risk to accept a dangerous job that is to seek a pretty beautiful white girl for one head of the gang while the girl is also a prominent politicians lover. And when the magnate wants to marry this white girl, the girl run away with a large sum of his money.So Easy begins to seek clues in the place where the blacks often hang out and this also opens his journey of death. During the period,he has been beaten by many people and followed but survives and finally finds the beautiful girl and has a mad and deformative night with the girl.But at the same time, the bang, police and the God of death ensue for fame, benefits or sex. With the testify of many peoples blood and corpse, the truth gradually appears. It turns out that the white girl is not simple at all because her existence is equal to the existence of the God of death and her appearance in Easys life almost destroys the whole life of Easy.
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(No more excuses. "Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint p...)
No more excuses. "Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls," bestselling novelist Walter Mosley advises. Anyone can write a novel now, and in this essential book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, Walter Mosley promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish it in one year. Mosley tells how to: - Create a daily writing regimen to fit any writer's needs--and how to stick to it. - Determine the narrative voice that's right for every writer's style. - Get past those first challenging sentences and into the heart of a story. Intended as both inspiration and instruction, THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL provides the tools to turn out a first draft painlessly and then revise it into something finer.
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(The police don't show up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep until...)
The police don't show up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep until the third girl dies. It's Los Angeles, 1956, and it takes more than one murdered black girl before the cops get interested. Now they need Easy. As he says: "I was worth a precinct full of detectives when the cops needed the word in the ghetto." But Easy turns them down. He's married now, a father -- and his detective days are over. Then a white college coed dies the same brutal death, and the cops put the heat on Easy: If he doesn't help, his best friend is headed for jail. So Easy's back, walking the midnight streets of Watts and the darker, twisted avenues of a cunning killer's mind....
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(Easy should be living a contented life, with steady work ...)
Easy should be living a contented life, with steady work as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, and a loving family. But happiness is as elusive for Easy as smoke in shadows. Easy's the man folks seek out when they can't take their problems to anyone else. Trading favors and investigating cases of arson, murder, missing persons, and false accusations, it's hard to steer clear of trouble. Easy walks the line in this must-have collection from bestselling, award-winning author Walter Mosley.
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("The newest of the great fictional detectives" (Boston Gl...)
"The newest of the great fictional detectives" (Boston Globe) from the New York Times bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins novels. When New York private eye Leonid McGill is hired to check up on a vulnerable young woman, all he discovers is a bloody crime scene-and the woman gone missing. His client doesn't want her found. The reason will put everything McGill cherishes in harm's way: his family, his friends, and his very soul.
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(A collection of three cases for Easy Rawlins: "Devil in a...)
A collection of three cases for Easy Rawlins: "Devil in a Blue Dress", where he must find a missing girl who has a trunkload of someone else's cash; "A Red Death", where Easy is accused of murder whilst working for the IRS; and "White Butterfly", a hunt for the killer of a white prostitute.
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(Paris Minton doesn't want any trouble. He minds his used ...)
Paris Minton doesn't want any trouble. He minds his used bookstore and his own business. But in 1950s Los Angeles, sometimes trouble finds him, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it. When the nephew of the wealthiest woman in L.A. is missing and wanted for murder, she has to get involved-no matter if she can't stand him.What will her church think?She hires Jefferson T. Hill, a former sheriff of Dawson, Texas, and a tough customer, to track him down and prove his innocence.When Hill goes missing too, she tricks his friend Fearless Jones and Paris Minton into picking up the case. Paris steps inside the world of the black bourgeoisie, and it turns out to be filled with deceit and corruption. It takes everything he has just to stay alive through a case filled with twists and turns and dead ends like he never imagined. Written with the voice and vision that have made Walter Mosley one of the most entertaining writers in America, Fear Itself marks the return of a master at the top of his form.
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(It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a mor...)
It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins. Easy is out of "the hurting business" and into the housing (and favor) business when a racist IRS agent nails him for tax evasion. Special Agent Darryl T. Craxton, FBI, offers to bail him out if he agrees to infiltrate the First American Baptist Church and spy on alleged communist organizer Chaim Wenzler. That's when the murders begin....
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(Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an America...)
Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an American novelist of the first rank-The Man in My Basement tells the story of Charles Blakey, a young black man who can't find a job, drinks too much, and, worst of all, stands to lose the beautiful home that has belonged to his family for generations. But Charles's fortunes take an odd turn when a stranger offers nearly $50,000 to rent out Charles's basement-and soon, as the boarder transforms the basement into a prison cell, Charles finds himself drawn into circumstances almost unimaginably bizarre and profoundly unsettling.
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( Living in south central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a six...)
Living in south central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets, Socrates calls together local people of all races and social stations and begins to conduct a Thinkers’ Club, where all can discuss life’s unanswerable questions. Infiltrated by undercover cops and threatened by strain from within, the Thinkers’ Club doesn’t have it easy. But simply by debating racial authenticity, street justice, and the possibility of mutual understanding, Socrates and his unlikely crew actually begin to make a difference. The Right Mistake is Walter Mosley at his most incisive. At once an affectionate and coruscating portrait of ghetto life, it abides the possibility of personal redemption and even, with great struggle, social change.
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(Features three complete cases for Easy Rawlins - African-...)
Features three complete cases for Easy Rawlins - African-American war veteran turned private investigator - who was born on the bad side of 1950s Los Angeles. This anthology contains: "Devil in a Blue Dress"; "A Red Death"; and "White Butterfly".
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( "A frankly pornographic novel, and I mean that as a com...)
"A frankly pornographic novel, and I mean that as a compliment."--New York Times Book Review When Cordell Carmel catches his longtime girlfriend with another man, the act that he witnesses seems to dissolve all the boundaries he knows. He wants revenge, but also something more. Killing Johnny Fry is the story of Cordell's dark, funny, soulful, and outrageously explicit sexual odyssey in search of a new way of life. It marks new territory for the bestselling author of Devil in a Blue Dress and countless other books; it will surprise, provoke, inspire, and make you blush. Above all, it is about a man questioning the rules we take for granted--and the powerful and sometimes disturbing connections that occur between people when these rules are removed.
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(Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under...)
Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up underthe watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious TallJohn, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him themeaning of freedom.
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( “Mosley is a fearless boundary pusher. His latest is a ...)
“Mosley is a fearless boundary pusher. His latest is a cold, dark vision…As Mosley ratchets up the tension, it’s hard to look away—or stop reading.”—San Diego Union-Tribune With the same erotic force as Killing Johnny Fry, this time with a far darker plot, Diablerie is a transfixing novel from a writer who is a master in any genre.
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(Fearless Jones and Paris Minton, stars of the bestsellers...)
Fearless Jones and Paris Minton, stars of the bestsellersFearless Jones and Fear Itself, return in a fast-paced thriller aboutfamily and revenge.For Paris Minton, a knock on his door is often the first sign of trouble.So when he finds his lowlife cousin, Ulysses S. Grant, or Useless, on theother side of his front door, Paris keeps it firmly closed. With family like Useless, who needs enemies? Yet trouble always finds anopen window, and when Useless's mother, Three Hearts, shows up to look forher son, Paris has no choice but to track down his wayward cousin. Turns out that Useless is involved in some high-stakes blackmailing. Now,he and a briefcase full of money and incriminating photos are missing, andParis is not the only one looking for him. Paris enlists the help of hisinvincible friend Fearless Jones, but mysterious women, desperate blackmailvictims, and cheating business partners are all they encounter--not tomention the dead bodies found along the way.With the sheer-nerve plotting and brilliant characterizations that havemade him one of the great stars of crime fiction, Fear of the Dark ismasterful Mosley.
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(We follow former rule-breaker Leonard McGill as he's buff...)
We follow former rule-breaker Leonard McGill as he's buffeted between the overlords of New York's underbelly, desperate to turn straight, but unable to say no to a nicely paid job. When we're introduced, he's calling in old favours and greasing NYPD palms to uncover seemingly harmless information for a high-paying client. But when the former schoolmates on his list are bludgeoned to death one by one, McGill realises that a friendly reunion wasn't quite what his taskmaster had in mind. And the awkward questions that follow seem almost welcome in comparison to a visit from Willie Sanderson, a trained killer and 'modern-day Frankenstein', now primed to ensure that McGill breathes his last. THE LONG FALL shows Walter Mosley at the height of his powers, breathing new life into American crime writing with sassy dialogue and unflinching social truths. Vividly capturing a city not nearly as cleaned up as its politicians would have us believe, this is new Mosley - and it's just as good as the vintage kind.
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(El ano: 1948, pasada ya la epoca de la Ley Seca, pero en ...)
El ano: 1948, pasada ya la epoca de la Ley Seca, pero en un mundo en el que aun hay cientos de oportunidades para negocios mas bien ilegales. La ciudad: Los Angeles, donde florecen los clubes nocturnos y la juerga de la posguerra. El protagonista: Easy Rawlins, un curtido ex combatiente negro sin trabajo, al que le caera del cielo ¿ o por encargode Dewitt Albright, un personaje harto dudoso ¿ la mission de buscar a una mujer. Ella es Daphne Monet, una cantante blanca que frecuenta garitos de negros donde los blancos no son habitualmente bien recibidos, rubia, hermosa, dificil de encontrar y mas bien fatal. Y su busqueda llevara a Easy desde los mas reconditos clubes nocturnos hast alas residencies de los politicos que esconden mas de un secreto, desde las callejuelas de los duros guetos de la gente de color hasta los mas complejos laberintos del poder. Easy Rawlins has few illusions about the world, at least not about the world of a young black veteran in the late 1940s in Southern California. Fired from his job on the line at an aircraft plant, he accepts a white man's offer to pay him for finding a beautiful, mysterious Frenchwoman.
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Mosley, Walter Ellis was born on January 12, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of LeRoy and Ella Mosley.
Student, Goddard College, 1971. Bachelor, Johnson State College, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), City College, City University of New York.
Artist in residence Africana Studies Institute, New York University, New York City, since 1996. Board director Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
(Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an America...)
(The story tells that one veteran of the American Civil Wa...)
(A collection of three cases for Easy Rawlins: "Devil in a...)
(From the acclaimed bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins...)
(Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under...)
(We follow former rule-breaker Leonard McGill as he's buff...)
(Features three complete cases for Easy Rawlins - African-...)
(Fearless Jones and Paris Minton, stars of the bestsellers...)
(El ano: 1948, pasada ya la epoca de la Ley Seca, pero en ...)
(Easy should be living a contented life, with steady work ...)
("The newest of the great fictional detectives" (Boston Gl...)
(A major literary event-nothing short of a "tour de force"...)
(It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a mor...)
(The police don't show up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep until...)
(In spite of remarkable differences, Tommy and Eric are as...)
( "A frankly pornographic novel, and I mean that as a com...)
(NY: Norton, First Edition 1996, signed by author, fine in dj)
(Book by Walter Mosley (Author), Dominic Hoffman (Narrator))
(1961: For most black Americans, these were times of hope....)
(Book by Walter Mosley (Author), Mirron Willis (Narrator))
(Hardcover version of another great Walter Mosley novel. E...)
(Paris Minton doesn't want any trouble. He minds his used ...)
( “Mosley is a fearless boundary pusher. His latest is a ...)
(Trade edition paperback, vg+)
( Living in south central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a six...)
(Los Angeles, 1948. El protagonista, un c urtido ex combat...)
(Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home...)
(No more excuses. "Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint p...)
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Member of Mystery Writers American (past president), Manhattan Theater Club, Poetry Society of America (board director), National Book Foundation, TransAfrica.
Married Joy Kellman, 1987 (divorced).