- Paperback: 244 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books; Reprint edition (25 Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671027468
- ISBN-13: 978-0671027469
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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"Time" It is, in some respects, the best of Mosley's novels
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In the beginning...there was Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins and Raymond "Mouse" Alexander -- two young men setting out in life, hitting the road in a "borrowed" '36 Ford headed for Pariah, Texas. The volatile Mouse wants to retrieve money from his stepfather so he can marry his EttaMae. But on their steamy bayou excursion, Mouse will choose murder as a way out, while Easy's past liaison with EttaMae floats precariously in his memory. Easy and Mouse are coming of age -- and everything they ever knew about friendship and about themselves is coming apart at the seams....
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Great detective story writers can rise to being solid novelists. Ross MacDonald was clearly in this category. With Gone Fishin', Walter Mosley has attained that distinction in a new way -- he has gone into a new fictional genre.
Although this novel has the usual crime overlay, it is really a novel about coming of age in the South as a black person before the days of integration progress. With few books available on this subject, I suspect that Mosley may have set the standard for other authors to meet.
For me, a lot of the charm of the Easy Rawlins stories is their historical setting in the more prejudiced days of the past. How does an intelligent, honorable black person deal with this? The stories are interesting for both what they say about society and for the great plots and character development.
This book, a prequel to the others in the series, does the same, but in a different setting -- far a way from Southern California.
I found it to be an excellent gothic novel, and encourage you to read it as such. If you open this book expecting another Easy Rawlins detective story, you may be disappointed. On the other hand, if you leave yourself open to what you find here, you will probably be rewarded. Moseley's fans need to live up to his talent, and follow him where his skills take him.
If you have not read the Walter Mosley books before, I suggest you start with this one. You'll make more sense out of the rest of the series. You'll also be less likely to be disturbed by the shift in genre. Anyone who enjoys this book will find the detective novels to be an easy follow on.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don`t know how Mr Mosley does it. This - the very first book Mosley wrote, and the first Easy Rawlins novel, though published only recently - sets the scene for the later novels in the series. Easy is only 19 when he and the volatile Raymond `Mouse` Alexander take a trip from Houston to Pariah, Texas. Mouse wants to claim some money from his stepfather, a nasty piece of work who lives deep in bayou country. There, he and Easy (who spends half the novel in a fever, having troubled dreams about his father) come across a gamut of deep south characters, mosltly with tarnished hearts of gold. And you will not forget Mama Jo in a hurry, believe me.
Every word of this brief, perfect novel sears into the brain so you hardly realise you`re reading and not actually there. One whole chapter is a recreation of a downhome black church meeting, with some of the most righteous writing you`ll ever read.
The heavens bless Walter Mosley. There`s no-one like him. Read this. You`ll be sad when it`s over.
Every word of this brief, perfect novel sears into the brain so you hardly realise you`re reading and not actually there. One whole chapter is a recreation of a downhome black church meeting, with some of the most righteous writing you`ll ever read.
The heavens bless Walter Mosley. There`s no-one like him. Read this. You`ll be sad when it`s over.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don`t know how Mr Mosley does it. This - the very first book Mosley wrote, and the first Easy Rawlins novel, though published only recently - sets the scene for the later novels in the series. Easy is only 19 when he and the volatile Raymond `Mouse` Alexander take a trip from Houston to Pariah, Texas. Mouse wants to claim some money from his stepfather, a nasty piece of work who lives deep in bayou country.
Every word of this brief, perfect novel sears into the brain so you hardly realise you`re reading and not actually there. One whole chapter is a recreation of a downhome black church meeting, with some of the most righteous writing you`ll ever read.
The heavens bless Walter Mosley. May he write what he wants, when he wants, and may he win the Nobel prize one day when the committee is less snobbish. There`s no-one like him. Read this. You`ll be sad when it`s over.
Every word of this brief, perfect novel sears into the brain so you hardly realise you`re reading and not actually there. One whole chapter is a recreation of a downhome black church meeting, with some of the most righteous writing you`ll ever read.
The heavens bless Walter Mosley. May he write what he wants, when he wants, and may he win the Nobel prize one day when the committee is less snobbish. There`s no-one like him. Read this. You`ll be sad when it`s over.
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