Al C. (vavoice) - reviewed on 6/18/2007 + 158 more book reviews

Easy Rawlins is persuing the American Dream. After serving his country in WWII, he returns home, moves to L.A., gets a good job, and buys a small home. Things are going swell, till Easy suddenly finds himself out of a job, and the mortgage is due in a week.

So Easy jumps at the chance to earn a quick hundred bucks. All he has to do is find a girl for a repentant lover. Oh! I forgot to mention, Easy is a black man. He's looking for a white girl. And this is 1948 Watts. Easy finds himself caught in a mealstrom of extortion, graft, racism, and murder -- and that's just the mild stuff!

I read the book in one day. The reader will find it hard to put down as every page if full of action. A definite "must read".

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