![]() Perhaps as a result, Mosley is all too familiar with racial prejudice, and this is very clear in Devil in a Blue Dress. Author Walter Mosley is half African-American, half Polish Jewish and, at the time his parents were married, it was strictly against social code for them to be together. This is the first in a series of books set in Los Angeles from the 1940s through to the 1960s and has been famously made into a film starring Denzil Washington. Will someone come along or is he doomed to die at the hands of one of the groups of people he has upset? Easy is now in trouble with a lot of different people and he needs help. ![]() Then Daphne explodes into his life and makes it all seem brighter…for a while. This proves to be just the start, however, and before Easy knows it, he is in the middle of a murder investigation and the theft of a large sum of money, and the police think that he is responsible. It sounds simple enough and, after an initial foray into the illegal bar scene of Los Angeles, he manages to track Daphne down – or at least can give Mr Albright an address where he can find her. If Easy helps a man called Mr Albright find a woman called Daphne, Albright will cover Easy’s mortgage payment for the next month. Then his friend, Joppy, steps in with a suggestion. A war veteran, he has just been given the sack and, with mortgage payments to meet, he is terrified that he is going lose his house. Easy Rawlins is living in 1940’s Los Angeles. ![]()
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