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Indlæser... Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel (1) (Easy Rawlins Mystery) (udgave 2020)af Walter Mosley (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I was a little unsure on this book. It was written in 1990 and takes place in 1948. A lot of books wind up not being that good because in the back of my mind I always think why didn’t he/they just…and then I remember the technology didn’t exist. That didn’t happen ever with this book. A straight up who did it and why, this is an excellent story. From an obviously amazing author. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Kriminalroman. En arbejdsløs sort krigsveteran hverves til at finde en hvid kvinde i Los Angeles' sorte kvarter. Tiden er 1949 med social nød og vold, og det tilsyneladende nemme job viser sig at blive en blodig affære. No library descriptions found. |
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Finding her may not be Easy's only problem, however, as someone is out to kill him, prompting him to employ his old pal, Mouse, to watch his back while he investigates. Mouse is sharply drawn by Mosley as an amoral yet likable killer; deadly as an enemy, unequaled as a friend. Easy is portrayed by Mosley as a decent man who understands his world and his place in it, but doesn't like it one bit. Like Ross Macdonald's, Lew Archer, Easy is more comfortable being an observer of human cruelty and frailty than a participant.
Easy's attraction to the beautiful white girl, Daphne Monet, and his uneasiness about what may really be going on, underscores a complex and riveting narrative in which everyone might just have underestimated Easy. Mosley makes the larger story here not the case, but the story about a good man in a not-so-good world, trying to detach himself from it all, only to discover it is part of who he is. Mosley's "Mouse" is unforgettable, and in some respects what Hawk is to Spenser in Robert B. Parker's series.
Daphne has more to hide in this novel than just money, and its truth is the impetus for everything that happens. There is murder here, and greed, and something Easy has seen way too much of, even for a black man in post WWII Los Angeles -- sorrow. This is a fine read and a perfect introduction to Easy Rawlins. White Butterfly might be a slightly better book, in my opinion, but Devil in a Blue Dress is highly recommended to mystery fans. ( )