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Always outnumbered, always outgunned / by Walter Mosley.
Van Pelt Library PS3563.O88456 A49 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mosley, Walter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ex-convicts--Fiction.
- Ex-convicts.
- Philosophers--Fiction.
- Philosophers.
- African American men--Fiction.
- African American men.
- Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fiction.
- Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.).
- California--Los Angeles--Watts.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Novels.
- Mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1998]
- Summary:
- A black murderer in Los Angeles tries to adjust to normal life after 27 years in prison. Socrates Fortlow struggles with his conscience, tries to make amends, and grades himself at the end of the day. But he realizes he is a loser--once a convict, always a convict.
- Contents:
- Crimson shadow
- Midnight meeting
- The thief
- Double standard
- Equal opportunity
- Marvane Street
- Man gone
- The wanderer
- Lessons
- Letter to Theresa
- History
- Firebug
- Black dog
- Last rites.
- Notes:
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Fiction, Winner, 1998
- ISBN:
- 0393045390
- 9780393045390
- 0671014994
- 9780671014995
- OCLC:
- 36165270
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