I want to introduce you to somebody. He's a friend of mine and once you meet him, he's sure to be a friend of yours. Ladies and Gentlemen meet Fearless, Fearless Jones. Fearless is unquestionably the baddest black man walking the streets of Los Angeles since Raymond "Mouse" Alexander. If you don't know Mouse that might be for the best. People that "knew" Mouse have a way of ending up dead. The same could be said for Fearless but at least he'll feel bad about.
Both characters mentioned above are from the mystery fiction of the great Walter Mosley. Featured in the best selling "Easy Rawlins Mysteries" and the "Fearless Jones Mysteries". The Easy Rawlins books are more well known ( partially due to the outstanding movie adaptation of the first book in the series featuring Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle), they include "Devil in Blue Dress"(1991), "A Red Death"(1991), "White Butterfly"(1992), "Black Betty"(1994), "A Little Yellow Dog" (1996), "Gone Fishin"(1997), "Bad Boy Brawly Brown"(2002), "Six Easy Pieces"(2003), "Little Scarlet"(2004), "Cinnamon Kiss"(2005), and "Blonde Faith"(2007). The Fearless Jones books include "Fearless Jones" (2001), "Fear Itself" (2003), and "Fear of the Dark"(2006). To say they are classics is a borderline understatement.
These books are pure noir. Hard living, two fisted, detective novels from the same cloth as Raymond Chandler ... with one major difference. The hero's of Mosley's novels are black in a time when America considered that enough of a crime to find a man guilty. Mosley blends the genre with equal parts pessimism and hope for future. To qout Easy himself "A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?".
Amen to that brother.
Powell Books Interview with Walter Mosley
NPR Interview with Walter Mosley
Both characters mentioned above are from the mystery fiction of the great Walter Mosley. Featured in the best selling "Easy Rawlins Mysteries" and the "Fearless Jones Mysteries". The Easy Rawlins books are more well known ( partially due to the outstanding movie adaptation of the first book in the series featuring Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle), they include "Devil in Blue Dress"(1991), "A Red Death"(1991), "White Butterfly"(1992), "Black Betty"(1994), "A Little Yellow Dog" (1996), "Gone Fishin"(1997), "Bad Boy Brawly Brown"(2002), "Six Easy Pieces"(2003), "Little Scarlet"(2004), "Cinnamon Kiss"(2005), and "Blonde Faith"(2007). The Fearless Jones books include "Fearless Jones" (2001), "Fear Itself" (2003), and "Fear of the Dark"(2006). To say they are classics is a borderline understatement.
These books are pure noir. Hard living, two fisted, detective novels from the same cloth as Raymond Chandler ... with one major difference. The hero's of Mosley's novels are black in a time when America considered that enough of a crime to find a man guilty. Mosley blends the genre with equal parts pessimism and hope for future. To qout Easy himself "A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?".
Amen to that brother.
Powell Books Interview with Walter Mosley
NPR Interview with Walter Mosley
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