Walter Mosley
Description
Easy Rawlins is out of the investigation business and as far away from crime as a black man can be in 1960s Los Angeles.But living around desperate me
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n means life gets complicated sometimes.When an old friend gets in enough trouble to ask for Easys help, he finds he cant refuse. Young Brawly Brown has traded in his family for The Clan of the First Men, a group rejecting white leadershipand laws. Browns mom asks Easy to make sure her babys okay, and Easy promises to find him. His first day on the case, Easy comes face-to-face with a corpse, and before he knows it he is a murder suspect and in the middle of a police raid. Brawly Brown is clearly the kind of trouble most folks try to avoid. It takes everything Easy has just to stay alive as he explores a world filled with betrayals and predators like he never imagined. Big Boy Brawly Brown is the masterful crime novel that Walter Mosleys legions of fans have been waiting for. This book marks the return of a master at the top of his form.
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Genres
Literary Fiction
Tags
Fiction
African American & Black
Mystery & Detective
City Life
Reading Moods
Dark & Gritty
Raw & Realistic
Contributors
No contributors specified
Publishing Info
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
Month-Year
Jan, 2002
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780316073011
ISBN-10: 0316073016
Language
English
No. of Pages
311
Format
Hardcover
Awards & Recognition
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