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Walter Mosley

January 2023

  • fields in Central Valley, California.

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    Top 10 books about California

    From seething satire to pastoral tales and suspense, the state shows very different faces in these books, but they are united by a love for their setting

March 2020

  • Toni Morrison in 1997.

    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am review – powerful portrait of a cultural giant

    Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis and Morrison herself explore her work and legacy in this documentary completed shortly before the Nobel-winning author’s death

August 2018

  • 2012, LES MISERABLES<br>EDDIE REDMAYNE Character(s): Marius Film ‘LES MISERABLES’ (2012) Directed By TOM HOOPER 05 December 2012 SAG25206 Allstar/UNIVERSAL (Les Miserables, USA/UK 2012) / Literaturverfilmung (based on the book by Victor Hugo) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of UNIVERSAL and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To UNIVERSAL is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

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    Top 10 novels about riots

    From Victor Hugo to JG Ballard, these incendiary books make readers co-conspirators in the insurrection they depict

January 2017

  • Key Speakers At The Barclays Asia Forum<br>Author and columnist Malcolm Gladwell poses for a photograph at the Barclays Asia Forum in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Gladwell said trust is a very easy thing to squander during a discussion on the shift in trust over the last few years between people and governments. Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    The week in radio: America Rewritten; FRDH; Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port

  • Ariel Levy, Richard Ford, Marilynne Robinson, Walter Mosley, Malcolm Gladwell, Lionel Shriver

    From Marilynne Robinson to Richard Ford, six writers in search of Trump's America

July 2016

  • The writer Walter Mosley.

    Walter Mosley: 'Donald Trump is a lazy, spoilt guy'

    As his latest detective novel drops, the writer muses on Obama, the Clintons, and how his own father is like his celebrated protagonist, Easy Rawlins

March 2015

  • LA cityscape

    Reading American cities
    Reading American cities: books about Los Angeles

    Whether hymning it as the City of Angels or writing it off as La La Land, thousands of authors have pictured Los Angeles in prose. Kate Gale defends its romantic appeal and recommends the essential literary companions for a trip to this West Coast metropolis

October 2012

  • Walter Mosley

    The Obama years
    Walter Mosley on Obama: 'He was like a surgeon given a rusty scalpel'

    Obama has shown unflagging will and leadership, the novelist Walter Mosley says in his verdict on the presidency

July 2008

  • Walter Mosley

    "This whole idea of writing about your chains, or writing mysteries, or writing urban, gritty 'black' dialogue - all that stuff - forget that! You do what you do. It's very important for a writer to keep free."

March 2007

  • Depths of desire

    Maxim Jakubowski joins Walter Mosley on his first foray into erotic fiction, Killing Johnny Fry.

August 2006

  • When worlds collide

    Michael Moorcock enjoys Walter Mosley's masterful dissection of present-day America, Fortunate Son.

November 2005

  • Redemption song

    Walter Mosley's The Man in My Basement is a bizarre and fascinating parable, says Nicholas Lezard

February 2005

  • Back on Easy street

    Duncan Campbell is impressed by Walter Mosley's latest outing, Little Scarlet.

September 2003

  • Walter Moseley

    Socrates of the streets

    Walter Mosley's new book, a critique of the US war on terror, finds little favour among America's current political establishment.

August 2002

  • Walter Mosley

    Time for a new Black Power movement

    African Americans were appalled but not surprised by the terrorist attack, says author Walter Mosley. They understand the anger of America's enemies

April 2000

  • Lay your armour down

    Stuart Jeffries hits the mean streets with Walter Mosley's Walkin' the Dog

April 1999

  • Mosley turns to the future

    Blue Light
    By Walter Mosley
    Serpent's Tail £9.99, pp295
    Observer price £8 0500 500 171
  • Walter Mosley

    A sentence and then another one...

    Walter Mosley was a computer programmer when he wrote the first sentence of his first novel. He's been writing ever since.

  • 'I intend to destroy the world'

    Walter Mosley is one of America's most popular writers - he's even been spotted on Bill Clinton's reading list. So why, asks Hettie Judah, is he so angry?

January 1999

  • Crime

    Always Outnumbered Always Outgunned, by Walter Mosley (Serpent's Tail, £5.99)

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