<![CDATA[The Long Fall]]>

false <![CDATA[The Long Fall]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1229717690m/4163411.jpg 4163411 4 A brand-new mystery series from one of the country’s best-known, best-loved writers: a new character, a new city, a new era. A new Walter Mosley. His name is etched on the door of his Manhattan office: LEONID McGILL , PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR. It’s a name that takes a little explaining, but he’s used to it. “Daddy was a communist and great-great- Granddaddy was a slave master from Scotland. You know, the black man’s family tree is mostly root. Whatever you see aboveground is only a hint at the real story.” Ex-boxer, hard drinker, in a business that trades mostly in cash and favors: McGill’s an old-school P.I. working a city that’s gotten fancy all around him. Fancy or not, he has always managed to get by—keep a roof over the head of his wife and kids, and still manage a little fun on the side—mostly because he’s never been above taking a shady job for a quick buck. But like the city itself, McGill is turning over a new leaf, “decided to go from crooked to slightly bent.” New York City in the twenty-first century is a city full of secrets—and still a place that reacts when you know where to poke and which string to pull. That’s exactly the kind of thing Leonid McGill knows how to do. As soon as The Long Fall begins, with McGill calling in old markers and greasing NYPD palms to unearth some seemingly harmless information for a high-paying client, he learns that even in this cleaned-up city, his commitment to the straight and narrow is going to be constantly tested. And we learn that with this protagonist, this city, this time, Mosley has tapped a rich new vein that’s inspiring his best work since the classic Devil in a Blue Dress. 4210693 24 3 2009 The Long Fall total:182|5:33|4:77|3:55|2:14|1:3| 182 669 321 73 5 4 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 04:55:08 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 16:28:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 14:58:20 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 14:06:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 31 11:11:40 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:12:35 -0700 2009
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There are no insights in this book. Ther...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:27:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:27:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:58:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 11:03:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 14:26:01 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 14:26:01 -0800 2009 1
The author tells you a story, just the way it is. No suspense, no thrill. I wasn't compelled, I didn't want to find out what happened next, sometimes I ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:53:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 15:46:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 03:22:40 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 03:15:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 09:31:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 09:53:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 07:23:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:12:22 -0700 2009 Perhaps inevitably, every reviewer attempted to assess how Leonid McGill compares to Mosley's beloved (but now retired) protagonist Easy Rawlins. In general, critics were pleased, if a little stunned, by the two characters' stark differences. Yet every reviewer was satisfied with Mosley's masterful ...

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