Devil In A Blue Dress Book. Devil in a blue dress is a great read because the characters are well drawn, the scenes are believable and of course easy is a true hero, a good man and i say its a terrible book because mr moseley has shown us quite graphically, the depths of degradation that humans are capable of, through mouse and. The excellent narration with his signature style is given by michael.

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Click here to see the rest of this review. .ashleigh mccloskey 10/5/2011 professor conaway midterm essay comparing the sun to the moon easy rawlins from devil in a blue dress was a black private detective. Devil in a blue dress is a 1990 hardboiled mystery novel by walter mosley. In this aspect it's worthy of the long goodbye. Set in 1948, the story begins in the watts area of los angeles, with ezekiel easy rawlins. The book was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name, which starred denzel washington as easy rawlins, and also featured jennifer beals, tom sizemore, maury chaykin, and don cheadle as the unhinged mouse. This is also the opening book of the easy rawlins novel series by the author. Easy tracks them down to albright's home address, which is listed in the phone book. I have never read any of mosley's works so lets just say that he made a good first impression on me. Devil in a blue dress (1990) is walter mosley's first novel as well as the first book of the easy rawlins mystery series. A baker's dozen of books featuring the character of ezekiel easy rawlins were penned by author walter mosley, and it's a shame the box office failure of devil in a blue dress prevented any more mysteries from making the leap from page to screen.