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  • Little Green

  • An Easy Rawlins Mystery
  • By: Walter Mosley
  • Narrated by: Michael Boatman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (540 ratings)

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Little Green

By: Walter Mosley
Narrated by: Michael Boatman
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Publisher's summary

When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress - a combustible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright - he captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of readers (including future president Bill Clinton). Eleven books later, Easy Rawlins is one of the few private eyes in contemporary crime fiction who can be called iconic and immortal. In the incendiary and fast-paced Little Green, he returns from the brink of death to investigate the dark side of L.A.’s 1960s hippie haven, the Sunset Strip.

We last saw Easy in 2007’s Blonde Faith, fighting for his life after his car plunges over a cliff. True to form, the tough WWII veteran survives, and soon his murderous sidekick Mouse has him back cruising the mean streets of L.A., in all their psychedelic 1967 glory, to look for a young black man, Evander "Little Green" Noon, who disappeared during an acid trip. Fueled by an elixir called Gator’s Blood, brewed by the conjure woman Mama Jo, Easy experiences a physical, spiritual, and emotional resurrection, but peace and love soon give way to murder and mayhem. Written with Mosley’s signature grit and panache, this engrossing and atmospheric mystery is not only a trip back in time, it is also a tough-minded exploration of good and evil, and of the power of guilt and redemption. Once again, Easy asserts his reign over the City of (Fallen) Angels.

©2013 Walter Mosley (P)2013 Random House Audio
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"In 2007’s Blonde Faith, set in 1967, Easy Rawlins drove drunkenly off a cliff in what his creator indicated was likely his last appearance. Now, after two months of sliding in and out of consciousness, Easy begins the long journey back to the living, in Mosley’s superb 12th mystery featuring his iconic sleuth.... If there were an Edgar for best comeback player, Easy Rawlins would be a shoo-in." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Walter Mosley Great As Always

Michael Boatman does a great job as well.
Easy Rawlins series is always a good read.

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Welcome Back Easy Rawlins

really enjoyed this story. it's everything I expected from Walter Mosely. one of my favorites.

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good writing

as usual Walter Mosley Have A Lot Of Things Going On With The Character Easy At The End It All Comes Together At The Right Time...

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Easy Rawlins - So glad he wasn't dead. A hero I would have missed

I love Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins character. It's not that he's bad-assed because he's got people that are and he doesn't need to be. Easy is a humble man that needs to make things right.i loved this book.

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Still a fan!

The Easy Rawlins series make me happy! I always know I'm in for a good read.

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Easy Rawlins is back from the dead

Classic Easy Rawlins mystery. All the usual characters are back with a perplexing problem that only he can unravel.

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Mosley and Boatman do it again!

Michael captures the energy of Walter's words!
Thanks to Mr. Mosley again and again for sharing his gift in this form!

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Mr. Mosley, you have done it yet again!

I'm re-listening to this series in order and Mr. Boatman IS EZEKIEL RAWLINS. Well Done!

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My man is alive!

Where does Little Green rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Walter Mosley thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing Easy back even if this is the final book. I was half in love with Easy Rawlings and afraid of Mouse! I never thought Bonnie would be back! This is among my top 10 books!

What other book might you compare Little Green to and why?

The late L.A. Banks wrote books that mesmerized me also. Larry Correira's Monster Hunter's books and Kim Harrison's Hollows series kept me fascinated!

Have you listened to any of Michael Boatman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I love his voice! He is fabulous. I know Walter Mosley has to be happy with this performance! All the books in the series! He was just as good as Denzel Washington in the movie!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

He came back from the dead! So happy he didn't die and his promise to tell Feather all about her mother was touching!

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Walter Mosley you are a magnificent writer!

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Authentic and Just what is needed in this genre

Mosely' work never disappoints. Set at a time where we were struggling with tough issues in our country, Mosely finds a way to make EZ Rawlings a detective everyone can relate to. The reader comes to appreciate his thinking and his strategic use of relationships to solves his cases. His relationship with a violent loveable felon - nick named Mouse- is an essential part of the story.

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