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I found myself thinking a lot about Eric's character when I was away from this book. Mosley is good at magic, and both Thomas and Eric are treated like museum pieces with wings.

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I love Walter Mosley's writing. The Algy in me (my mom) struggles with the explicit sex. This book is no exception in regard to sex. However, Fortunate Son goes down a different path from his Easy Rawlins mysteries. The NY Times evi...more...]]> 15199174 744828 1706683 0316066281 9780316066280 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187190661m/1706683.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187190661s/1706683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1706683.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 4 0 false Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 19:05:18 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 19:17:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 30492771 1262476 64382 0316114715 9780316114714 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608m/64382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608s/64382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64382.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 2 0 false Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 16:58:24 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 13:53:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 71103747 1725318 64382 0316114715 9780316114714 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608m/64382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608s/64382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64382.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 4 0 false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 16:37:59 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 16:50:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 54620485 842569 64382 0316114715 9780316114714 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608m/64382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608s/64382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64382.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 2 0 false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 13:52:41 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 02:55:32 -0700 2009
Tommy's ( one of the main characters) life is nothing but one tragedy after another , from the moment of his birth until the end of the story . I suppose the good in it all is that he is a survivor that keeps hanging in there with a positive attitude , focusing on the little ...more...]]> 71772090 1292455 64382 0316114715 9780316114714 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608m/64382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608s/64382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64382.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 3 0 false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 09:11:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 18:09:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 63047020 1665519 64382 0316114715 9780316114714 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608m/64382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608s/64382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64382.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 5 0 false Sat Jul 11 10:28:53 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 10:30:51 -0700 2009 24113039 259193 64382 0316114715 9780316114714 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608m/64382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608s/64382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64382.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 4 0 false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 19:44:26 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 15:40:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 45881308 1751627 64382 0316114715 9780316114714 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608m/64382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608s/64382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64382.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 4 0 false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 18:18:11 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:52:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 38038460 789085 64382 0316114715 9780316114714 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608m/64382.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170622608s/64382.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64382.Fortunate_Son_A_Novel 3.76 501 2006 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 08:20:30 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 11:19:27 -0800 2008
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