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Washington Square Press, September 2002
Trade Paperback, 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0743451759
ISBN-13: 9780743451758
Description
In the beginning...there was Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins and Raymond "Mouse" Alexander -- two young men setting out in life, hitting the road in a "borrowed" '36 Ford headed for Pariah, Texas. The volatile Mouse wants to retrieve money from his stepfather so he can marry his EttaMae. But on their steamy bayou excursion, Mouse will choose murder as a way out, while Easy's past liaison with EttaMae floats precariously in his memory. Easy and Mouse are coming of age -- and everything they ever knew about friendship and about themselves is coming apart at the seams....
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It is, in some respects, the best of Mosley's novels
Library Journal
Not a straight mystery like the earlier [Easy Rawlins] volumes, Gone Fishin' is a more spiritual novel that reaches into the characters' past to reveal their souls.
Playboy
As [:Easy and Mouse] take the car trip to hell, you¹ll want to be riding shotgun.
Library JournalFans already needing a fix after Mosley's A Little Yellow Dog, get happy: Easy and Mouse are back in this prequel....Mosley delivers the goods every time, and Easy fans are going to eat this up. Not a straight mystery like the earlier volumes in this series, Gone Fishin' is a more spiritual novel that reaches into the characters' past to reveal their souls.
TimeGone Fishin'...firmly establishes Mosley as a writer whose work transcends the thriller category and qualifies as serious literature....Mosley displays a pitch-perfect gift for capturing the cadences of black speech that rivals the dialogue in Ralph Ellison's Invisable Man.
Publishers WeeklyA powerfully raw, lyrical coming-of-age story....This late encounter with the early Easy offers an extra dimension to readers who have met, in previous stories, the man he grew to be.
Kirkus ReviewsA densely imagined prologue that goes a long way toward explaining why Easy spends so much of his adult life hamstrung by his deepest loyalties, as if every friendship were a life sentence.
Walter Mosley's Books
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Six Easy PiecesEasy should be living a contented life, with steady work as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, and a loving family. But happiness...Read More
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