Diablerie: A Novel

by Walter Mosley

Overview

With the same erotic force as Killing Johnny Fry, this time with a far darker plot and damning view of human nature, Diablerie is a transfixing novel from a writer who is a master in any genre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596918610
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	08/10/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	732 KB

About the Author

Walter Mosley is the bestselling author of more than 26 critically acclaimed books; his work has been translated into 21 languages. His books include two mystery series, the Easy Rawlins series (including Devil in a Blue Dress, which was adapted into a 1995 film starring Denzel Washington) and the Fearless Jones series, as well as literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has been published in the New York Times Magazine and The Nation, among other magazines. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy, and the PEN American Center's Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City.
Walter Mosley is the bestselling author of more than twenty-five critically acclaimed books, and his work has been translated into twenty-one languages. His books include two mystery series, the Easy Rawlins series (including Devil in a Blue Dress, which was adapted into a 1995 film starring Denzel Washington) and the Fearless Jones series, as well as literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs and a young adult novel. His short fiction has been widely published, and his non-fiction has been published in the New York Times Magazine and the Nation, among other magazines. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and the PEN American Center's Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

January 12, 1952

Place of Birth:

Los Angeles, California

Education:

B.A., Johnson State College

Website:

http://www.waltermosley.com

Editorial Reviews

The talented and uncompromising Walter Mosley has earned the right to write whatever he pleases.” —Washington Post

“Diablerie…shows a writer still interested in pushing his considerable talents, unbound by genre or commercial expectations.” —Boston Globe

“Mosley's latest focuses on big issues—identity, race, class, love, sex, guilt, alcoholism—with a composed, terrifying clarity. A–” —Entertainment Weekly

“This bitter little book's near blanket indictment of human nature is sure to delight the misanthropes on your holiday shopping list.” —Washington Post

“This is Mosley at his deepest and best, scratching away the faces we wear to reveal the person behind the masks.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Provocative, haunting, satisfyingly inconclusive work from a storyteller of formidable gifts and boundless ambition.” —Kirkus Reviews

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