…“You shouldn’t never take another drink as long as you live, man” were his first words to me. It felt as if my whole life was an obstacle course, a slogging journey trying to catch up with Death, trying to get a good look at his face. … I had followed him through all the years of my life as he dropped bodies in my path as little reminders to me and others that the end of the road was no bed of roses, no kingdom come. Like most of his life, Easy’s near-death is tangled up with his old friend, the ruthless Mouse.ĭeath. What will it be? That kept me reading even more than the mystery plot. It’s clear he’s at a turning point that’s more than just physical, and that something in his life has to change. The most interesting part of this reevaluation of Easy and his world is, to me, Easy’s behavior once he’s alive again. Many characters from earlier in the series reappear, and it’s interesting to note how much they, too, have changed while Easy was out of commission.

Only gradually does the story enter the more familiar world of detective work.Įasy’s back, but he’s also changed he’s feeling his mortality in ways he didn’t feel it before, and seeing the world changing around him. The story begins with a journey into mysticism that’s a far cry from the usual hard-boiled nature of the series, while still retaining a dark and bitter tone appropriate to it. Little Green by Walter Mosley at last brings back Easy Rawlins, this time from a near-death experience that experience and the fallout from it is a major element of the novel.

Little Green by Walter Mosley marks the return of detective Easy Rawlins as he investigates the dark side of L.A.’s 1960s hippie haven, the Sunset Strip (available May 14, 2013).

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