Il diavolo in blu

Devil in a Blue Dress is a true classic of the hard-boiled crime fiction genre, and I still remember the rush I got reading it when it was first released over thirty years ago. I've read it a couple of times in the interim and returning to it again now is still a huge treat. Like any number of other Leggi tutto

This book is one of my favorite detective novels. Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins is a young black WWII veteran who has lost his job and is eager to jump at an opportunity when a shady businessman hires him to locate a pretty white woman named Daphne Monet, who is known for gettin' her party on at black nigh Leggi tutto

Devil in a Blue Dress introduced Walter Mosley's hero, Ezekiel (Easy) Rawlins to the reading public. A fast-flowing narrative with a story somewhat complex in a bare-bones kind of way, Mosley takes us into Raymond Chandler country - Los Angeles after the war. But this is a slightly different perspec Leggi tutto

Primera novela que leo de Walter Mosley. También hay una película sobre el libro. La película es buena. El libro, mejor. Se respira el aire de L. A. de los 40 en toda la historia. El racismo, la violencia, el calor. Easy Rawlins es negro, muy negro y Mosley quiere que se sepa y que uno se sienta negr Leggi tutto