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an Easy Rawlins feast
The previous post about my favorite crime fiction writers got me to thinking - I realized that I neglected to mention some of my other faves in the genre.
Walter Mosley for instance. I’m a huge fan of his Easy Rawlins series. How could I forget him? Fortunately, Grand Central Publishing just re-issued four Easy Rawlins novels in paperback.
Wow! What a treat! The titles are:
CINNAMON KISS
LITTLE SCARLET
BAD BOY BRAWLY BROWN
and BLONDE FAITH
Mosley’s depictions of 1960’s Los Angeles as viewed through the eyes of Easy Rawlins, his soulful private eye are simply fabulous. The plotting is intricate and the bad guys are sinister. Somehow Easy always finds a way to solve the case even if that means twisting the laws around a little bit.
I had the opportunity to interview Walter Mosley one time on the radio. He is an incredibly articulate and astute man. He also never took off his hat. The only other guys that I can recall who never removed their chapeaux were cowboy types; Kinky Friedman and Baxter Black. Naturally Kinky gnawed on an unlit stogie for the entire hour.
Hats off to Walter Mosley!
Vick Mickunas
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