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Walkin' the dog / Walter Mosley.

by Mosley, Walter.

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G.K. Hall, 2000, c1999.

Men, Black -- Fiction.

Ex-convicts -- Fiction.

Philosophers -- Fiction.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Mosley, Walter. Socrates Fortlow novels.

9780783889610 (hc.)

0783889615 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Walking the dog

Large print ed.

301 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.

"The introduction of Socrates Fortlow, an ex-convict forced to define his own morality in a lawless world, was hailed as "astonishing" by the Los Angeles Times. In this new book about the man with "rock-breaking hands," Socrates confronts wrongs that most people would rather ignore and comes face-to-face with the most dangerous emotion: hope. It has been nine years since his release from prison, and he still makes his home in a two-room shack in a Watts alley. But he has a girlfriend now, a steady job, and he is even caring for a pet, the two-legged dog he calls Killer. These responsibilities make finding the right path even harder-especially when the police make Socrates their first suspect in every crime within six blocks. In each chapter of Walkin' the Dog, Socrates challenges a different conundrum of modern life. In Blue Lightning, he is offered a better-paying job but has to consider whether the extra pay is worth the freedom he would have to give up. In Promise, he keeps a vow made long ago to a dying friend, and learns that a promise to one person can mean damage to another. In Mookie Kid he gets a telephone and learns that the price of being able to reach others is that others can contact him-whether he wants to be reached or not. Walkin' the Dog builds to a stunning climax as Socrates takes on a rogue cop who has terrorized his neighborhood. Writing with the same lyricism and insight that have made bestsellers of his Easy Rawlins mysteries, Walter Mosley has brought us a brilliant new book and one of the most enduring fictional characters to come along in years.""--Inside jacket.

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