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Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1990 hardboiled mystery novel by Walter Mosley, his first published book. The text centers on the main character, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, and his transformation from a day laborer into a detective.
Jun 17, 1990 · Walter Mosley's debut novel Devil in a Blue Dress opens “I was surprised to see a white man walk into Joppy’s bar.” This line sets the tone for what is to come; it conveys a bit of unease and shows the segregation of the times.
May 27, 2014 · by Walter Mosley (Author), Michael Boatman (Reader) 4.3 2,650 ratings. Book 1 of 16: Easy Rawlins Series. See all formats and editions. Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant.
- Walter Mosley
Jun 11, 2010 · Devil in a Blue Dress, a defining novel in Walter Mosley’s bestselling Easy Rawlins mystery series, was adapted into a TriStar Pictures film starring Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins and Don Cheadle as Mouse.
- Walter Mosley
Mar 22, 2022 · Set in the summer of 1948 in Los Angeles, this novel tells of the trouble that Daphne Monet gets into when she disappears with a trunkload of someone else's money. Originally published: New York: Norton, 1990; London: Serpent's Tail, 1991. Access-restricted-item.
Oct 6, 2020 · Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel (1) (Easy Rawlins Mystery) Paperback – October 6, 2020. 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.
Devil in a Blue Dress. Walter Mosley. W. W. Norton & Company, 1990 - Fiction - 219 pages. "Set in the late 1940s, in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles, Devil in a Blue...
Devil in a Blue Dress honors the hard-boiled tradition of Hamett/Chandler/Cain in its story line line and attitude, but Mosley takes us down some mean streets that his spiritual predecessors never could have...A fast moving, entertaining story written with impressive style. This kind of book that leaves you yearning to read more about Easy ...
Jan 12, 2017 · The summer of '48 in the city of Angels and there's heat on the streets when Daphne Monet hits the sidewalk. Heat when she disappears with a trunkload of somebody else's cash. Easy Rawlins is a war...
Books. Devil in a Blue Dress. Walter Mosley. Serpent's Tail, 2010 - Fiction - 219 pages. Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job.
