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Book World: Walter Mosley s new Easy Rawlins book is a masterful mix of mystery and social commentary
Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post
Feb. 8, 2021
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There comes a moment in every Easy Rawlins mystery I ve read, where I realize I have no idea what s going on. The plot picks up speed, becoming a hectic Tilt-a-Whirl ride where dead bodies, cold-stone killers, femmes fatales, crooked cops and lost spaces in Los Angeles whiz by at top velocity. It s at this moment - when I m most exasperated with Walter Mosley as a writer - that I m also most admiring. Because, once again, I realize that I don t care all that much that I can t keep track of what s going on - no more than I care that I can t keep track of what s going on in The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep or Cotton Comes to Harlem.