tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502187932910780823.post3686836066752338413..comments2024-03-06T12:16:49.012-05:00Comments on Fire on the Mountain: Take Five—Mystery NovelsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502187932910780823.post-77273841697416067762006-12-15T21:13:00.000-05:002006-12-15T21:13:00.000-05:00"Take Five—Mystery Novels"? I take this to be a fi..."Take Five—Mystery Novels"? I take this to be a fishing expedition to increase the reader response level. Okay, I'll "wet a line" (or perhaps I should say, "write a line" or two).<br /><br />How can we talk about mystery novels and not mention Walter Mosley? Many readers of Jimmy's blog may count "A Red Death" (in which economic necessity forces protagonist Ezekial "Easy" Rawling to aid the FBI in an anti-Communist witch hunt) among our favorite Mosley novels. After all, it is reminicent of the Dashiel Hammett classic, "Red Harvest" that formed the basis of the great Kurosawa film, Yojimbo, as well as the lesser Hollywood movie, The Magnificent Seven.<br /><br />But as good and true to post-World War 2 African-American experience as the Easy Rawlins series may be, Mosley reaches his mystery pace with "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned" and "Walking the Dog", two books of short stories following the challenges faced by ex-con Socrates Fortlow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com