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murielm99

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3. Charcoal Joe,

Sun Jul 8, 2018, 01:55 PM

Jul 2018

by Walter Mosley.

It is book number fourteen in the Easy Rawlins series. Easy Rawlins is a black man, a WWII veteran who lives in L.A. He has held a variety of jobs, and now has a detective agency.

This book is set in the late 1960's. Easy describes what it is like to be walking while black, driving while black, sitting on his own porch while black.....

Mosley was President Clinton's favorite author.

I enjoy these books and recommend them highly.

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