BLACK BETTY

Book ID/图书代码： 12844004B05865

English Summary/英文概要： 1961: For most black Americans, these were times of hope. For former P.I. Easy Rawlins, Los Angeles’s mean streets were never meaner...or more deadly. Ordinarily, Easy would have thrown the two bills in the sleazy shamus’ face -- the white man who wanted him to find the notorious Black Betty, an ebony siren whose talent for all things rich and male took her from Houston’s Fifth Ward to Beverly Hills. There was too much Easy wasn’t being told, but he couldn’t resist the prospect of seeing Betty again, even if it killed him....

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1961年: 对大多数美国黑人来说, 这是希望的时刻。对前私家侦探易兹•罗林斯来说,洛杉矶的穷街陋巷从来都没有太平过...。通常, 易兹就会把这两张钞票扔到肮脏的私家侦探的脸上—这个白人想让他找到臭名昭著的黑塞壬, 一个天赋异禀的迷人黑人女歌手，他把她从休斯顿的第五病房带到贝弗莉山庄。易兹并不知道这个事件中的很多细节, 但他无法抗拒的前景再次见到的这位迷人的女歌手, 即使这会让他命悬一线...。（Sandy）

Awards/获奖情况：It’s 1961, and Easy Rawlins has lost most of what he had five years ago in White Butterfly (1992). Not only has his wife walked out with his daughter, but his real estate investments have left him broke, and he’s moved out of his own building to a rental in West LA, where shamus Saul Lynx comes to ask him to find aging mantrap Elizabeth Eady, aka Black Betty. Easy goes looking for Betty’s gambling brother Marlon, but finds nothing more of him than a bloody molar and a fat check from imperious Sarah Clarice Cain, daughter of the late, rich, unlamented Albert Cain. Why is Sarah so desperate to find Betty, and how is her disappearance tied to the police investigation of Albert’s death? While he’s pondering these questions, Easy finds big problems on his own doorstep. His investment in Freedom’s Plaza is jeopardized by a smooth supermarket king who doesn’t care for African-American competition; and his homicidal friend Mouse, sprung from jail after five years for manslaughter, is determined to identify and kill the witness who sent him there. It’s high time the Easy Rawlins saga was recognized for the remarkable achievement it is: a snapshot social history of the black experience in postwar LA. This latest installment, teeming with violence, bitterness, and compassion, is Mosley’s finest work yet. (Book-of-the-Month Club/Quality Paperback Book Club; author tour) ---From Kirkus Reviews

Mosley’s distinctive black investigator, Easy Rawlins, has moved from Watts to West L.A. with his two adopted children, but trouble still follows him. Hired to locate a sultry female acquaintance from his early days in Houston, Easy searches for her gambler brother and questions her Beverly Hills employer, unwittingly provoking racist police harassment. Meanwhile, friend Raymond ("Mouse") has been released from prison and vows revenge on the snitch who put him there. Mosley, as usual, describes a historically correct ethos in deft, literate prose. ---From Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： Walter Mosley is one of the most versatile and admired writers in America today. He is the author of more than 34 critically acclaimed books, including the major bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into 21 languages and includes literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The Nation, among other publications. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City.

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