Devil in a Blue Dress
by Walter Mosley
Taste attributes: crimedetectivehistoricaldramaslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeA weighty, dark crime novel: grounded and original. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
Walter Mosley's 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. His stint in the Army didn't do anything to dissuade him from his belief that justice doesn't come cheap, especially for men like him. "I thought there might be some justice for a black man if he had money to grease it," Easy says.
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- Walter Mosley
- Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 219
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