Devil in a Blue Dress by Mosley, Walter (9780393028546)

Devil in a Blue Dress

by Mosley, Walter

Hardcover - English

Devil in a Blue Dress honors the tradition of the classic American detective novel by bestowing on it a vivid social canvas and the freshest new voice in crime writing in years, mixing the hard-boiled poetry of Raymond Chandler with the racial realism of Richard Wright to explosive effect.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0393028542

EAN

9780393028546

Publisher

W W NORTON & CO

Publication Date

01 Jun 1990

Pages

220

Weight (kg)

0.42

Dimensions (cm)

21.7 x 14.4 x 2.2

Award(s)

Shamus Award - Winner

About Author

Walter Mosley is the author of five Easy Rawlins mysteries: "Devil in A Blue Dress", "A Red Death", "White Butterfly", "Black Betty" and "A Little Yellow Dog"; three non-mystery novels, "Blue Light", "Gone Fishin'", and "R. L.'s Dream"; two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow, "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned", for which he received the Anisfield Wolf Award, and which was an HBO movie, and a nonfiction book, "Workin' On The Chain Gang". He is a former president of the Mystery Writers of America, a founder of the PEN American Center Open Book Committee, and is on the board of