New York: Little Brown & Co., 2004. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Mosley, perhaps best known for his Easy Rawlins mystery-detective novels, is a master writer no matter what the genre. This book is top flight in two or three genres. It begins in Los Angeles when the man at Charles Blakely's door has a very strange proposition for Blakely. Anniston Bennett, a white man, wants to spend the summer in Blakely's cellar. Blakely is black. He is unemployed and behind on his mortgage payments. There is something wrong about Bennett but his money will be very welcome. Blakely accepts, Bennett moves in and there begins an unusual relationship between two men, each of them having many questions for the other. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket has no more than a touch of edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. Collectable.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005036
Title: THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT
Author: Mosley, Walter
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
ISBN 10: 0316570826
ISBN 13: 9780316570824
Publisher: Little Brown & Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, RACE RELATIONS, LOS ANGELES, HOME OWNERSHIP,
Bookseller catalogs: California; Fine Literature; African American;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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