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Description edit
This bold new novel from Walter Mosley startles in both its rawness and its honest portrayal of a man on a quest for sexual redemption in midlife. When Cordell Carmel catches his longtime girlfriend with another man, the act that he witnesses seems to dissolve all the boundaries he knows. In... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Johnny Fry: Add a description of this character.
- Sasha Bennett
- Mr. Carmel: Cordell Carmel discovers his heretofore dormant sexuality, and lays claim in spite of himself. As is the case with many of Mosley's main characters that I have read, Cordell strives to maintain some redeeming personal qualities while learning to accept the person he is becoming.
- Sisypha
- Lucy Carmichael
- Cynthia
- Brad Mettleman
- Enoch Bennett
- Joelle
- Bettye
- Celia
- Jodie
- Isabelle Thinnes
- John Fry
- Brenda
- Robert
- Martine
- Billy
- Maxie
- Linda Chou
- Stewart
- Mr. Cordell
- Julie
- Nina
- Roger
- Yvette
- Monica
First Sentence edit
I decided to killy Johnny Fry on a Wednesday, but it was a week before that I was given the reason.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Walter Mosley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 159691226X
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 159691226X
Page Count: 288
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › African American › Mosley, Walter
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( M ) › Mosley, Walter
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Erotica › Adult Fiction
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery
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