Back in October - the 31st - I
did a post on the book 'The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey' and I commented
on it being 'the most meaningful novel that I have read in quite a
while' - which was for me a really subdued statement.
and I will give the same brief rundown on the author as before:
Walter Mosley
Born
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
January 12, 1952
Walter Mosley (b. 1952) is the
author of the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins, as well
as numerous other works, from literary fiction and science fiction to a
young adult novel and political monographs. His short fiction has been
widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times
Magazine and the Nation, among other publications. Mosley is the winner
of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book
Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives
in New York City
Neither to give the content of Charcoal JOE away or to be any kind of spoiler (I am only 35 pages in) for this 'mystery series' - but I do want to quote a paragraph out of context that proves to me once again that one can only find Truth in works of fiction - to wit:
That lesson was deeper than the explanation of metaphor. Bonnie taught me something about humanity right then. Here I'd been living movie plots and novel scenarios while there were men and women like Jogue and Bonnie in the world, digging their hands into the mud and making life: everyday pedestrian Christs -- both frail and omnipotent.
by itself this is might not seem a command performance but as part of the background of this novel this is the kind of writing that wins Mosley awards and is the kind of writing that I can only aspire to - and by the way if you were wondering I think the book so far is great.
