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Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition)

An Easy Rawlins Novel
By Walter Mosley
Series: Easy Rawlins Mystery
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Set in 1948 Los Angeles, Devil in a Blue Dress introduces Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran turned reluctant detective. Fired from his factory job, Easy is hired by a mysterious white man to find Daphne Money, a missing white woman who frequents black jazz clubs. What begins as a simple job soon plunges Easy into a dangerous world where race, power, and survival collide, forever altering his life.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for fans of crime and thriller novels, especially those interested in stories featuring complex African American protagonists and rich postwar American history. Readers who appreciate socially conscious mystery fiction will find this classic debut by Walter Mosley compelling.

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Mosley honors the tradition of the classic American detective novel by bestowing on it a vivid social canvas and the freshest new voice in crime writing in years, mixing the hard-boiled poetry of Raymond Chandler with the racial realism of Richard Wright to explosive effect.

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The first novel by master of mystery (The New York Times) Walter Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American detective in all of fiction. Named one of the best 100 mystery novels of all time by the Mystery Writers of America, this special thirtieth anniversary edition features an all-new introduction from the author.

The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles. Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defence factory plant. Drinking in his friend's bar, he's wondering how he'll manage to make ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs. Easy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever.

More than simply a detective novel...[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it (The New York Times).

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781982150341

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Simon & Schuster

Edition: Reissue ed.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 240

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Series: Easy Rawlins Mystery Walter Mosley

About the Author

Walter Mosley is the acclaimed author of more than forty books, including the internationally bestselling Easy Rawlins series. His best known Easy Rawlins novels include Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, Black Betty, and Little Yellow Dog. He is also the author of the collection of stories Always Outnumbered. Always Outgunned featuring Socrates Fortlow, which was the basis for an HBO feature film. A former president of the Mystery Writers of America, he was named a grand master by the organization in 2016. He has served on the board of directors of the National Book Foundation and is a recipient of the PEN American Center Lifetime Achievement Award. A native of Los Angeles, he now lives in New York City.

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