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    <body><![CDATA[Socrates Fortlow has been out of prison for eight years after having spent the previous twenty seven incarcerated for the murder of two people and rape of one of them.  This book chronicles some of his experiences in Los Angeles, mainly Watts, effectively portraying the culture and the character of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11930013">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is possibly my favorite book of all time.  The character Socrates Fortlow is an incredibly intriguing character.  There's so much depth, complexity and realism to him.  He is a recently paroled convicted murderer living in the slums of LA trying to retain his humanity and manhood despite being ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16879810">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This has to come close to being the best collection of short-stories written in English during the last twenty years.<br/><br/>At their best the taut writing and uncanny ability to explode the confusion and emptiness at the heart of many people's lives recalls Raymond Carver, but where Carver is c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80580887">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe I forgot to add and review this book for so long on Goodreads.  This is one of the few books I have read twice.  One of the books that raised my passion for reading again.  It was a very interesting book, with interesting characters, an interesting story, and an interesting context. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15891580">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[[Audio] Story of a black man released from a long stint in prison and his reflections on life and how hard it is to come back to society. Some interesting messages about personal responsibility that I didn't expect to find given the story line.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Breathtaking.  I read this in one afternoon, hardly wanting to put it down.  The character of Socrates Fortlow came alive for me in ways very few fictional writers have been able to do in recent times.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Writing encapsulates experience and at it's best, wisdom.  Men with even a modicum of violence in them (which is most people let alone most men) can benefit from being reminded of it's costs.  Every blow you throw in life is like a shovel full of dirt dug from the bottom and thrown out over the top ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72999555">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was hard for me to make the switch from the Easy Rawlings books to this collection. But I did it. I love this book, but I'll be honest I like Easy Rawlings better.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best book I've read in about 3 years (since Jonathan Coe's &quot;Rotter's Club&quot;).  Great characters, lyrical prose.  I can't wait to read the follow-up.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. I particularly love Mosley's protagonist Socrates Fortlow. Socrates Fortlow's world encompasses the old and young men and women who live on the edge of society. Soco is a 58 year-old ex con with killing hands; A man who has nothing to lose, but a man with a heart. An introspective...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51859619">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed these short stories. They center around Socrates Fortlow (named Socrates because his mother thought it would make him smart), a convicted murderer now released from prison after 27 years. He lives in Los Angeles in a poor black neighborhood. He provides guidance for those who seek i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33204042">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1998), het eerste deel van een nieuwe serie, voert Mosley na Easy Rawlins een nieuw sterk hoofdpersonage ten tonele: Socrates Fortlow, een achtenvijftigejarige zwarte die zevenentwintig jaar opgesloten zat voor dubbele moord en verkrachting en nu probeert te ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13802089">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This short, wonderful book introduces Socrates Fortlow through a series of chapters which stand alone as cautionary tales or life lessons. Really, really satisfying. Now reading the second Socrates book and I believe Mosley has just published a third!! Highly recommended for a quiet night when you c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57777299">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie before I read the book.The book is better than the movie but L. Fishburne did a superb portrayal of Socrates. The book reveals again Mosley understanding of the inner turmoil inside the black community and continues to show all aspect of the human emotions. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favourite books of all time - I've read it at least 4 times. Nothing I could say could even come close to describing it. Just read it - as soon as possible.<br/><br/>My copy has a much nicer cover - I really don't like this one I think it misrepresents the book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like the main character, Socrates. Yes, he teaches lessons to others, but it wasn't too exciting for me. It lacked action. No drama. All the character does is preach, and in a boring way. I don't like the way he speaks either. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a huge Mosley fan and this beginning to the Socarates Fortlow series as ok. This book was a bit slower and the Fortlow was somewhat more reflective than his other characters. I'll read the next book and see how it goes...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[like socrates fortlow's murderous arms and the bare bone quarters he makes home, this book is sinewy and stark. it masterfully tells the story of an ex-convict haunted by his past, who becomes a man, his own man, in a racist, brutal world bent on destroying him. underneath the grit, pain, and violen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48124014">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Walter Mosley gets better with each book and Socrates Fortlow is multidimensional character.  I want to read more about this compassionate and ex-con.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i'm a sucker for a great title and this ranks up there with the best guys like buk and fante and crews could come up with... oh and a not bad book.]]></body>
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