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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393045390
ISBN-139780393045390
eBay Product ID (ePID)518788
Product Key Features
Book TitleAlways Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicAfrican American / General, General, Mystery & Detective / General
GenreFiction
AuthorWalter Mosley
Book SeriesSocrates Fortlow Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.1 Oz
Item Length6.6 in
Item Width9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-054870
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
SynopsisFrom the best-selling author of A Little Yellow Dog -- the eagerly awaited debut of Socrates Fortlow, a bold and original new hero.Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned introduces Walter Mosley's most compelling new character since the debut of his immortal detective Easy Rawlins: one Socrates Fortlow, a tough, brooding ex-convict determined to challenge and understand the violence and anarchy in his world -- and in himself.Three decades ago, the young Socrates had, in a burst of drunken rage, murdered a man and a woman with his huge rock-breaking hands. Twenty-seven years of hard time in an Indiana prison followed. Now Socrates lives in a cramped, two-room apartment in an abandoned building in Watts, scavenging bottles and delivering groceries for a supermarket. In each of the stories that comprise this richly brooding novel, Socrates Fortlow, like his namesake, explores philosophical questions of morality in a world beset with crime, poverty, and racism. He is an unforgettable presence and his perceptions cast a glow of somber lyricism upon an often harsh world. Socrates is a creation of stunning originality; the book he inhabits is Walter Mosley's most powerful and eloquent to date.
I read this book to my son when he was young. Although there was some adult content and language prevalent through out the story, it was still and continues to be a realistic reflection of the world we live in. The character of Socrates Fortlow is embodied with a sense of nobility that is rare in a character that is convicted of murder. Walter Mosley(the author) also gives minor flourishes to the supporting characters that embodies those individuals who inhabit the streets we live on.