Bad Boy Brawly Brown

An Easy Rawlins Mystery

De: Walter Mosley

Narrado por: M. E. Willis

Duración: 7 h y 50 m

Resumen del Editor

Los Angeles: February 1964. Chill winds whisper through the city streets - gusts of racial tension and change. At the heart of the gathering storms is the First Men, a group that some fear wants to whip those winds into a fiery insurrection. Easy Rawlins is working as a high school custodian, caring for his children Jesus and Feather in their cozy West L.A. home, living a life of relative calm. But when Easy's friend John asks for help with his strapping young stepson Brawly Brown, Easy is catapulted back into the restless streets.

John thinks Brawly may be caught up in a dangerous situation. He's right. Brawly has become involved with the First Men. And when Aldridge Brown, Brawly's father, is murdered, Easy soon finds himself again under suspicion by racist cops, again in the company of desperate, dangerous men. Through it all, Easy is guided by the spirit of his old lethal ally and friend Raymond "Mouse" Alexander. Mouse speaks to Easy from beyond the grave, guiding him, cajoling him. And it is something Mouse once said to him that may help Easy save Brawly's life - without costing him his own.

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©2002 Walter Mosley

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Mosley's crime novels take their vitality from the racy language and boisterous humanity of his characters, so these neighborhood encounters provide their own joy." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Mosley illuminates time and place with a precision few writers can match." (Publishers Weekly)
"Stands on its own as a powerful human drama and a vividly re-created historical moment." (Booklist)

Missing Mouse

I really love the books, this is the first one of the series I've heard on tape...wasn't real keen on the reader's voice. Didn't like the way he did Juice or Primo's voice. A good read though I'm missing Mouse.

good book great easy

Another good book by Mr. Mosley. His characters are great, interaction wonderful make the characters come to life. The narrator was fine to me. Easy is a good guy but not too
good. Mouse and Easy are very unlikely friends but they help each other with no questions.
Worth the read.

Masterful

Mosley is a great story teller. His words allow you to visualize what he's seeing when he writes.

Wow

This was a good read. Never a dull moment. The narrator was awesome. The story line was even better. Loved it.

Excellent

I loved the story. I thought the narrator did great job with the exception of Primo and Juice’s voices. I loved how Mr. Moseley kept Mouse as a part of the story; he’s still my favorite character in this series.

Excellent storyline

This was a good plot but found myself having to backtrack to follow some of the characters and their roles in the story. I agree with another review in regard to narration. His version of Easy was pretty good. and that of john and Brawley but i didnt at all care for his characterization of any of the female characters or Primo. Bonnie Shays voice was too overly accented and wooden. I read all of Mr. Mosleys stories and much prefer Michael Boatmans narration.

the bonnie shay voice is horrible.

the bonnie shay voice is too deep.
It didn't sound like a woman. Eazy / Bonnie
dialogue was hard to listen to. I know it's not an easy thing to do, but the chapter was hard to listen to. In chapter eleven Jesus speaking with Easy with a chicano accent didn't seem right

Good story

A little slow in developing characters but then takes off into excitement. Good wir Walter

More classic Mosley--without Mouse

It's amazing to me how much Mouse--Raymond Alexander--haunts this novel. There's some odd revision going on---prob'ly only noticeable if, like me, you're listening to the books one right after another.

The narrator, ME Willis, is pretty good. He uses more accents to distinguish between characters, especially the women. It can be a bit jarring, since characters from previous novels (with different narrators) suddenly have these whole other ways of talking. The accent for Primo is lousy---pure Frito Bandito. Plus, I guess I just got hooked on Stanley Bennet Clay's characterization of Mouse and Primo.

A Masterpeice

This story is masterpiece; definitely one of my favorite, if not my favorite Easy Rawlins books. I gave the narration 4 stars simply because I felt that the narrators voice for Easy's kids are a little off., but besides that, he was amazing. 5 Stars