Walter Mosley’s BLOOD GROVE AN EASY RAWLINS MYSTERY — Social Commentary Brilliantly Mixed Mystery
At the beating heart of “Blood Grove” — as in all the Easy Rawlins books — is the hidden truth about America.
At the beating heart of “Blood Grove” — as in all the Easy Rawlins books — is the hidden truth about America.
First impression, Walter Mosley, author and consulting producer/writer on FX’s “Snowfall” for the past two seasons, has a distinctive and comforting voice. His cadence reminded me of jazz. He confessed that he doesn’t like his voice suggesting that it’s nothing special. I will agree to disagree.
In season three of FX’s “Snowfall,” crack cocaine is spreading like wildfire through South Central and like a wildfire, it continues its path of destruction, changing the culture foreve
When she helped school her white editors on the power of her works and viewpoints on African American culture and experiences, she faced the same challenge that many African Americans encounter when dealing with their white counterparts in business, education, politics, etc. Resistance. As she recounts her experiences, Morrison is poised, resolved and reflective. Somewhat akin to an intelligent philosopher or an academic who patiently teaches a class of inquisitive but slow-learning freshmen.
Mosley likes to create unique situations, deep philosophers, and thinkers, and in this book, he’s totally accomplished that
Americans met Easy Rawlins in the book, “Devil in a Blue Dress,” in 1991 and followed the private investigator’s escapades for more than two decades in a series of gripping mysteries such as “White Butterfly,” “Six Easy Pieces,” “Cinnamon Kiss” and “Rose Gold.”