Nathan's review
The Man in My Basement: A Novel
by Walter Mosley
Nathan's review
The Man in My Basement: A Novel by Walter Mosley
Nathan's review
rating:
recommended for: Old, Rich, Dishonest and Mentally Unstable Businessmen
This book was pretty whacked out from the beginning. I think it was meant as some kind of discussion on personal atonement. The white guy goads the black guy into discussions about how to pay for your sins, and what it’s like to make amends. (The only reason I even bring up race in this review is because it was a major theme throughout the book) In the end, the black guy inadvertently convinces the old man that there is no way to rectify past misdeeds. What’s done is done; at which point the white guy kills himself. The book left me wishing two things. I wish I knew more old, rich, dishonest and mentally unstable business men, and I wish I had a bigger basement.
