A Little Yellow Dog (Mask noir)

by WalterMosley (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.40

  JFK is president and Ezekiel (aka Easy) Porterhouse Rawlins has a job with the Los Angeles Board of Education. No dogs are allowed on the property of the school where Easy works but Pharaoh, the dog in question, belongs to Idabell Turner, a curvaceous teacher with a husband with murder on his mind. After thirteen minutes of passion, Idabell is gone with only Pharaoh to remind Easy of her... It's a dog's life. Once again, Walter Mosley says profound truths about the state of the nation in a fast page turner laced with drugs, desire and death. Within and without the genre, Walter Mosley is the American writer of our times.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.40

  JFK is President and Ezekiel (aka Easy) Rawlins has a job with the Los Angeles Board of Education as a school janitor. No dogs are allowed on the school premises but Pharaoh, the dog in question, belongs to Idabell Turner, a curvaceous teacher whose husband has murder on his mind. Before the day is over the teacher is gone, leaving Easy with her dog, and the handsomest corpse Easy has ever seen is found in the school garden. 'Mosley hits his typically inspired stride, once again demonstrating how in American life private drama and public tragedy often feed off one another' - Sunday Times . 'When I had finished reading A Little Yellow Dog , I went out and got all four of Walter Mosley's previous Easy Rawlins novels and read them straight through...The characters live and breathe in a way that is utterly convincing and utterly absorbing' - Guardian . 'A thriller with everything and more: great writing with depth and feeling, twisting plot, brilliant dialogue and wonderful characters' - Tribune . 'Mosley's combination of superior plotting, precise dialogue and the ability to convey the atmosphere of the times are as effective as in the previous four Easy Rawlins novels' - The Times .