![]() ![]() The horror and fear he exudes during his detainment are very telling in regards to what police interaction was like for Black men then, and what it is for Black men now. ![]() In one particular scene, Easy is arrested and unlawfully detained by police officers. Mosley has a knack for giving the reader insightful social information through the thoughts and actions of his characters. The social commentary is simply on point. This brings us to perhaps the most important element of the novel. The characters are both distinct and reflective of the socio-economic climate that the book takes place in, the urban Los Angeles of the 1960’s. As a reader, you get plenty of opportunities to piece together the background of the protagonist Easy through segments of information woven extremely well into a well-written story, and Black Betty is exactly that a well-written story. ![]() ![]() Mosley demonstrates how much good world-building and character development can benefit an author.Īlthough this is the third novel in a series of Easy Rawlins books, the well-developed setting and characters make this novel a superb starting point for new readers. based Private Investigator Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Rawlins who is searching for childhood acquaintance Betty, a woman at the center of a far-reaching mystery complete with suspense and murder. Walter Mosley tells an engrossing story in his mystery novel Black Betty, a book about L.A. ![]()
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