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Article: Six Easy Pieces.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- Black Issues Book Review
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- January 1, 2003
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by Walter Mosley Atria Books, January 2003 $24.00, ISBN 0-743-44252-0
Easy Rawlins returns in a collection of short stories tinged with the gritty reality of Los Angeles in the 1960s. Walter Mosley's Six Easy Pieces follows the unofficial detective's attempts at living a "straight life," replete with a family, a significant other and a steady job where he commands respect. Not surprisingly, Easy's efforts at staying out of trouble are challenged at every turn.
Fans of Mosley's popular mystery series will welcome the return in Bad Boy Brawly Brown of Easy's friend Mouse, who supposedly died under mysterious circumstances in the Rawlins adventure, A ...