ISBN: 1559277149

Racial tensions and America's civil rights movement have previously figured into Walter Mosley's series about sometimes-sleuth Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins. But Bad Boy Brawly Brown turns wha… More...

Racial tensions and America's civil rights movement have previously figured into Walter Mosley's series about sometimes-sleuth Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins. But Bad Boy Brawly Brown turns what had been a background element into compelling surface tension. The year is 1964, and though Easy seems settled into honest work as a Los Angeles custodian, he's having other problems--notably, his adopted son's wish to quit school and lingering remorse over the death (in A Little Yellow Dog) of his homicidal crony, Raymond "Mouse" Alexander. Yet he remains willing to do "favors" for folks in need. So, when Alva Torres comes to him, worried that her son, Brawly Brown, will get into trouble running with black revolutionaries, Easy agrees to find the young man and "somehow ... get him back home." His first day on the job, however, Rawlins stumbles across Alva's ex-husband--murdered--and he's soon dodging police, trying to connect a black activist's demise to a weapons cache, and exposing years of betrayal that have made Brawly an ideal pawn in disastrous plans. Mosley's portrayal of L.A.'s mid-20th-century racial divide is far from simplistic, with winners and sinners on both sides. He also does a better-than-usual job here of plot pacing, with less need to rush a solution at the end. But it is Easy Rawlins's evolution that's most intriguing in Brawly Brown. A man determined to curb his violent and distrustful tendencies, Easy finds himself, at 44, hav african american,contemporary,hard-boiled,literary,literature and fiction,mystery,mystery thriller and suspense Mystery, Macmillan Audio<

2002, ISBN: 9781559277143

Audio Renaissance, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 2002. 6 audio cassette tapes, VG in beige pictorial box. unabridged. Setting is LA, 1964, chill winds whisper through the city streets-… More...

Audio Renaissance, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 2002. 6 audio cassette tapes, VG in beige pictorial box. unabridged. Setting is LA, 1964, chill winds whisper through the city streets--gusts of racial tension and change. Easy Rawlins is working as a high school custodian, caring for his adopted children Jesus and Feather in West LA. His friend's son is caught up in a gang and Easy is in the company of desperate, dangerous men after the friend is murdered. Run time about 8 hours.. Very Good/Unknown., Audio Renaissance, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 2002.<

2002, ISBN: 9781559277143

Audio Cassette, Great customer service. You will be happy!, Used, very good, P02, [PU: Macmillan Audio]

2002, ISBN: 9781559277143

Audio Cassette, Used, very good, VI-, [PU: Macmillan Audio]