Devil in a Blue Dress (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Walter Mosley
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective
- Time of Work: The late 1940’s
- Setting: Los Angeles
- Principal Characters: Ezekial “Easy” Rawlins, Daphne Monet, Raymond “Mouse” Alexander, Dewitt Albright
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: African Americans, Self-discovery, Sex or sexuality, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Police, 1940’s, Friendship, Los Angeles, Violence, Detectives, Greed, Lawyers, Missing persons, Moral conditions
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
The Novel
Devil in a Blue Dress tells the story of Ezekial “Easy” Rawlins’ efforts to find Daphne Monet and also tells the concurrent story of Rawlins’ self-discovery. Set in post-World War II Los Angeles and centering upon the emergent African American community, Devil in a Blue Dress is both conventional detective story and commentary on American social relations. The book’s plot is difficult to describe, as the novelist attempts to portray almost all the story’s events as duplicitous or as having hidden meaning. At the novel’s conclusion, many...
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