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Devil In A Blue Dress

Devil In A Blue Dress

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Devil In A Blue Dress

by Mosley, Walter

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ISBN 10
0393028542
ISBN 13
9780393028546
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New York: W.W. Norton, 1990. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WALTER MOSLEY IN 1991. The 1st Easy Rawlins mystery that was made into a film a few years back with Denzel Washington as Rawlins. Nice dustjacket artwork. Fine/fine.

Synopsis

Walter Mosley's very well-received first book, introduces detective Easy Rawlins and centers around his transformation from day-laborer to detective. Set in Los Angeles in the 1940s, Rawlins takes on a side job to pay his mortgage after losing his job at a defense plant. His first mystery is trying to find a woman named Daphne Monet, a missing white woman who was known to frequent black jazz clubs.  Devil in a Blue Dress  was adapted into a film of the same title starring Denzel Washington.

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Bookseller
Cinemage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
007967
Title
Devil In A Blue Dress
Author
Mosley, Walter
Format/Binding
Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition. 1st Printing.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0393028542
ISBN 13
9780393028546
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1990
Keywords
Signed Books Mysteries african American Writers Black Characters Detectives Novels into Films Crime Novels
Bookseller catalogs
African American; Signed Books;

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