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Summary: At twelve years old, Cornelius, the son of an Italian-American woman and an older black man from Mississippi named Herman, secretly takes over his father's job at a silent film theater in New York's East Village. Five years later, as Herman lives out his last days, he shares his wisdom with his son, explaining that the person who controls the narrative of history controls their own fate. After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MOSMosley, Walter.
Summary: Ex-boxer, hard drinker, in a business that trades mostly in cash and favors–Leonid McGill’s an old-school P.I. working a twenty-first-century Manhattan that’s gotten fancy all around him. Fancy or not, he has always managed to get by–keep a roof over the head of his wife and kids, and still manage a little fun on the side–mostly because he’s never been above taking a shady job for a quick buck,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2009
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Mosley, Walter.
Summary: Fearing his friend, Christmas Black, has met his demise when the ex-Marine's daughter is left on his doorstep, reluctant L.A. detective Easy Rawlins finds the challenges of caring for a child further complicated by another friend's murder accusation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2007
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Summary: A novel exploring the early years of Easy Rawlins and Mouse Alexander, protagonists in a current black PI series. The setting is Texas, the time the 1930s, and the two embark on a car ride which will engulf them in the bayou world of voodoo, sex and murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Classic Press 1997
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Summary: A collection of six interconnected Easy Rawlins short mysteries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2003