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.Įasy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever. /rebates/2fbook-search2ftitle2fdevil-blue-dress2fauthor2fwalter-mosley2ffirst-edition2f&. His stint in the Army didnt do anything to dissuade him from his belief that justice doesnt come cheap, especially for men like him. The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles.Įasy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition with one minute spot on front board in Fine dust-jacket. Walter Mosleys 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. 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 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. Walter Mosley, author of 'Devil in a Blue Dress' and winner of the National Book Foundation medal, is about to publish his newest novel, 'Every Man a King.' He spoke with Michael Glor about his work.

Bestselling author Walter Mosley with his crime-fiction oeuvre and the big-screen adaptation of his first published book, which premiered at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival and stars Denzel Washington as hard-boiled detective Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins.

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