Mosley, award-winning writer, to speak in DUMBO
From the moment he first appeared in “Devil in a Blue Dress” in 1990, Easy Rawlins was an instant favorite of discerning readers and literary critics alike. So the disappointment was palpable when the black private detective, drunk and in despair over a lost love, deliberately drove his car off a California cliff at the conclusion of “Blonde Faith,” the eleventh novel in the series.
At the time, Easy’s creator, New York-based writer Walter Mosley, said he’d had his fill of Easy and that it was time to move on to other creative work. In the six years since, he has remained productive, turning out political nonfiction, science fiction, young adult novels and fine crime novels featuring three new protagonists.
But now, at long last, Easy is back in “Little Green” (Doubleday), where we find him awakening from a two-month-long coma to discover, as usual, that people he cares about need his help. Mosley will appear in Brooklyn for a reading and signing on Thursday, June 6, at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO.