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Devil in a Blue Dress Hardcover - 1990
by Walter Mosley
Devil in a Blue Dress honors the tradition of the classic American detective novel by bestowing on it a vivid social canvas and the freshest new voice in crime writing in years, mixing the hard-boiled poetry of Raymond Chandler with the racial realism of Richard Wright to explosive effect.
About this book
Walter Mosley's very well-received first book, introduces detective Easy Rawlins and centers around his transformation from day-laborer to detective. Set in Los Angeles in the 1940s, Rawlins takes on a side job to pay his mortgage after losing his job at a defense plant. His first mystery is trying to find a woman named Daphne Monet, a missing white woman who was known to frequent black jazz clubs. Devil in a Blue Dress was adapted into a film of the same title starring Denzel Washington.
First Edition Identification
The first edition of Devil in a Blue Dress was published by W.W. Norton in 1990. The first state dust jacket has an $18.95 price stamp on the front flap, and the first edition has 'First Edition' and a full number line on the copyright page. First editions list around $300.
Details
- Title Devil in a Blue Dress
- Author Walter Mosley
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 220
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Date 1990-06-17
- ISBN 9780393028546 / 0393028542
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 8.53 x 5.68 x 0.88 in (21.67 x 14.43 x 2.24 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles (Calif.), Detective and mystery stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89025503
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Library Journal, 06/01/1990, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 05/25/1990, Page 0
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W. W. Norton, 1990-06-17. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5x0x8. Signed. Inscribed by author. First printing. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Small tear on dj. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. *Autographed by author.*
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