Mosley writes Easy and the cases he gets up to as a private detective in 1950s and 1960s Los Angeles with such hard-boiled gritty flare — in Mosley’s hands, flare can be gritty! — while imbuing his stories with poignant, bone marrow deep reflections on America, race relations, and even the sorrows and pain of war to make for an enthralling read.

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