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The right mistake the further philosophical investigations of Socrates Fortlow

Mosley, Walter. (Author).

Summary: After serving nearly three decades in prison for his deadly crimes, Socrates returns to the streets of South Central L.A. to connect with old friends and encourage new ones to join him in his campaign to get to the heart of gang violence in the hopes of making a difference and saving the lives of others.

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  • ISBN: 9780786726585 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 078672658X (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9780465005253 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 046500525X (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9780465018529
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    remote
    1 online resource (269 p.)
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Civitas, c2008.

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Multi-User.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: African Americans
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction
Ex-convicts -- Fiction
Ex-convicts
Mystery & Detective
Philosophers -- Fiction
Philosophers
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction
California -- Los Angeles
Genre: Electronic books.
Fiction.

Walter Mosley is one of America’s most celebrated writers. He was given the National Book Award’s 2020 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and honored with the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award, the Robert Kirsch Award, numerous Edgars and several NAACP Image Awards. His work is translated into 25 languages.  He has published fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker, Playboy, and The Nation. As an executive producer, he adapted his novel, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, for AppleTV+ and serves as a writer and executive producer for FX’s “Snowfall.” 

Walter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series of mysteries, including national bestsellers Cinnamon Kiss, Little Scarlet, and Bad Boy Brawly Brown; the Fearless Jones series, including Fearless Jones, Fear Itself, and Fear of the Dark; the novels Blue Light and RL's Dream; and two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, for which he received the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and Walkin' the Dog. He lives in New York City.

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