Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley () Easy Rawlins is living in ’s Los Angeles. 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. Then his friend, Joppy, steps in with a suggestion. If Easy helps a man called Mr Albright find a woman called Daphne, Albright will cover Easy’s mortgage payment for the next month. Devil in a Blue Dress was the first novel by Walter Mosley. Set in , it is the first in the series featuring Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, an African American World War II veteran who has just lost his job and needs money to pay his mortgage. · My case study of 20th century detective fiction continues with Devil in a Blue Dress, the debut of Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, World War II veteran and homeowner in South Central Los Angeles who often gets more trouble than he bargained for taking jobs to help bad people recover coveted items. Walter Mosley has published sixteen Easy Rawlins mysteries to date and in some ways, L.A. no /5.
Devil in a Blue Dress is a detective novel written by Walter bltadwin.ru book is Mosley's first novel, as well as the first in a series featuring fictional detective Easy Rawlins. The novel follows Rawlins as he investigates the whereabouts of a mysterious woman named Daphne Monet and embarks on his new career as a detective. OCLC. Walter Mosley at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Devil in a Blue Dress is a hardboiled mystery novel by Walter Mosley, his first published book. The text centers on the main character, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, and his transformation from a day laborer into a detective. 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. Perhaps as a result, Mosley is all too familiar with racial prejudice, and this is very clear in Devil in a Blue Dress.
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley () Easy Rawlins is living in ’s Los Angeles. 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. Then his friend, Joppy, steps in with a suggestion. If Easy helps a man called Mr Albright find a woman called Daphne, Albright will cover Easy’s mortgage payment for the next month. Devil in a blue dress. by. Walter Mosley. Publication date. Topics. Academic Literacy, Reading Level-Adult. Publisher. However, when taken into the context of being heavily discriminated against and with White’s racist attitudes against him his own then he is not a racist. Rather he is a victim of racism. Rate. This essay on Racism in ‘Devil in a Blue dress’ by Walter Mosley was written and submitted by your fellow student.
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