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Gone Fishin' actually marks the first appearance of Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, as well as his homicide-prone sidekick Raymond "Mouse" Alexander. But the story takes place in 1939, when both protagonists are still living in Houston. This is no tightly plotted mystery, but an atmospheric coming-of-age story, which gives the reluctant Easy an education in sex and death, family and forgiveness. As always, Mosley's prose is a marvel: musical, funny, and full of no-frills lyricism. And the unfolding of Easy's character is every bit as gripping as the breakneck plotting of the later installment.
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Mosley has elected to publish this prequel to his acclaimed Easy Rawlins mystery series with a small press specializing in the work of African American authors. Committed to the idea that well-known black writers have a unique opportunity to help smaller black presses establish themselves in the general trade market, he hopes that this venture will serve as a model for further such collaborations. Fortunately, the book itself is worthy of the project. Written before the other Rawlins novels but never published, it takes Easy and his lethal friend Mouse back to Texas before World War II and their subsequent move to Los Angeles. The 19-year-old Easy is a recognizable but very different character from the survivor we've come to know in the later books: illiterate, grieving his absent father, scraping by on the moment-to-moment pleasures of drink and sex, the young Easy knows little of the larger world. His journey to awareness begins with a soul-changing road trip to the bayous of Pariah, Texas, where Mouse hopes to settle a score with his hated stepfather. What takes place is part thriller and part coming-of-age novel, and it works fine on both levels. More important, though, it contains the beginnings of what would become Mosley's special gift: the ability to vivify African American life by placing fully individualized characters in a specific historical moment. The young Easy, beginning to summon the courage he needs to escape the poverty and violence of his prewar, rural South environment, stands on his own without the help of the later books, but for those who know the series, this short novel opens a treasured window into the past of a very good friend. Bill Ott
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If you're looking for a true summer adventure--and you happen to be a fan of Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series--don't miss this one. "Gone Fishin'" is a prequel to the other novels--it begins in Houston in the late 1930's where Easy and his murderous pal Mouse are two young black men looking for fortune in a white man's world. That leads them on trip into the dark recesses of the East Texas Piney Woods, where the city boys discover there's plenty of sex, black magic and killing out under the trees. Mosley wonderfully captures the dialect of that region from that era--to me, it had a familiar ring. To others, it may require a bit of concentration, but it's worth the effort. With "Gone Fishin'", Mosley has created a grownup "Huck Finn" style adventure that reads like a movie. If you're like me, after Denzel Washington's portrayal of Easy in "Devil In A Blue Dress", you see Denzel in your head whenever you're reading about Easy Rawlins. Imagine him as a youngster--not yet the cool sleuth he'll become later in LA--and you've got the character Mosley creates for "Gone Fishin'". The only bad thing I can say about this book is that I was finished with it before I wanted to be.
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Great detective story writers can rise to being solid novelists. Ross MacDonald was clearly in this category. With Gone Fishin', Walter Mosley has attained that distinction in a new way -- he has gone into a new fictional genre.
Although this novel has the usual crime overlay, it is really a novel about coming of age in the South as a black person before the days of integration. With few books available on this subject, I suspect that Mosley may have set the standard for other authors to meet.
For me, a lot of the charm of the Easy Rawlins stories is their historical setting in the more prejudiced days of the past. How does an intelligent, honorable black person deal with this? The stories are interesting for both what they say about society and for the great plots and character development.
This book, a prequel to the others in the series, does the same, but in a different setting -- far a way from Southern California.
I found it to be an excellent gothic novel, and encourage you to read it as such. If you open this book expecting another Easy Rawlins detective story, you may be disappointed. On the other hand, if you leave yourself open to what you find here, you will probably be rewarded. Moseley's fans need to live up to his talent, and follow him where his skills take him.
If you have not read the Walter Mosley books before, I suggest you start with this one. You'll make more sense out of the rest of the series. You'll also be less likely to be disturbed by the shift in genre. Anyone who enjoys this book will find the detective novels to be an easy follow on.
Although this novel has the usual crime overlay, it is really a novel about coming of age in the South as a black person before the days of integration. With few books available on this subject, I suspect that Mosley may have set the standard for other authors to meet.
For me, a lot of the charm of the Easy Rawlins stories is their historical setting in the more prejudiced days of the past. How does an intelligent, honorable black person deal with this? The stories are interesting for both what they say about society and for the great plots and character development.
This book, a prequel to the others in the series, does the same, but in a different setting -- far a way from Southern California.
I found it to be an excellent gothic novel, and encourage you to read it as such. If you open this book expecting another Easy Rawlins detective story, you may be disappointed. On the other hand, if you leave yourself open to what you find here, you will probably be rewarded. Moseley's fans need to live up to his talent, and follow him where his skills take him.
If you have not read the Walter Mosley books before, I suggest you start with this one. You'll make more sense out of the rest of the series. You'll also be less likely to be disturbed by the shift in genre. Anyone who enjoys this book will find the detective novels to be an easy follow on.
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If you have read any of the other Easy Rawlins mysteries you already know what is going to happen with Mouse and his stepfather. If not, you can pretty much guess. However the surprises along the way are still powerful and valid. In all other books, the character of Mouse is the most memorable secondary character. He may be only on about 20-30 pages of a 200 page book, but those are the 20-30 most important pages in the book. In this book he dominates, and his evil ways are not as recognizable as in later books when Easy is certain that Mouse could kill him and anyone else in a moment.
The most interesting portion comes at the last page after the entire book has unfolded, when we realize that Easy is writing this memoir shortly before Devil in a Blue Dress. Here is where he speculates that Mouse has probably been killed or tamed by Etta Mae. I don't know if this was written in the original draft, or after the Mosley knew that this book would be published, but it is one of the most ironic things I've read in a long time.
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So that's how they got to be that way!
If you love Easy Rawlins, you'll want to read this 'prequel' of the series. In this one he and Mouse, best buddies since forever, are barely twenty. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Easy fans will enjoy...
...this brief but lyrical book
Am 5. April 1999 veröffentlicht
a marginal prequel to the Easy Rollins series
This is a more serious book than the others in the Easy Rollins series. It is as much about race relations than the coming of age of the two main characters. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 31. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
The best place to begin is at the beginning!
Gone Fishin is the last book received by readers in the Easy Rawlings series. There are to date six books in the series including Devil in the Blue Dress,The Red Death,White... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Juni 1998 von p.thweatt@worldnet.att.net
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