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Angel Fiction

A Red Death

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  • 1991 first published
  • 278 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
  • 24 editions
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Published in 1991, A Red Death is an angel fiction novel by Walter Mosley. It takes readers to Los Angeles, Calif. and California in 1953. It features Easy Rawlins. Key subjects include private investigators, African American men, easy Rawlins and african americans.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 25 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 24 editions across 3 languages.

At about 278 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About A Red Death

It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins. Easy is out of "the hurting business" and into the housing (and favor) business when a racist IRS agent nails him for tax evasion. Special Agent Darryl T. Craxton, FBI, offers to bail him out if he agrees to infiltrate the First American Baptist Church and spy on alleged communist organizer Chaim Wenzler. That's when the murders begin....
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • 1953

Characters

  • Easy Rawlins

Subjects

  • Private investigators
  • African American men
  • Easy Rawlins
  • Mystery & Detective
  • California
  • Los angeles, Calif.
  • Rawlins, easy
  • Mystery & detective
  • African americans
  • African American businesspeople
  • Thrillers

Quick answers

Who wrote A Red Death?

A Red Death was written by Walter Mosley and first published in 1991.

What genre is A Red Death?

It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.

How long is A Red Death?

The median edition has 278 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to A Red Death?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Darkness More Than Night, Stalker and Blood Work.

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