The Right Mistake

De: Walter Mosley

Narrado por: Ezra Knight

From award-winning author Walter Mosley comes the third work featuring hardened ex-con turned street philosopher Socrates Fortlow. Organizing other troubled individuals, Socrates starts the Thursday Night Thinkers' Meeting, in which members discuss "the world and what would be the right thing to do."©2008 Walter Mosley (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

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"In the face of gangs, drugs, poverty and racism, Mosley poses the deceptively simple question - What can I do? - and provides a powerful and moving answer." ( Publishers Weekly)

Mosley presents us with multiple realities of life and society through the trials and tribulations of Socrates

Socrates, from the beginning wraps your attention to the fast moving events of his life, never holding back his past as a two time murder and rapist while ingratiating you with his charm. The charm coming forth from his forthright nature and determination to make amends for the man he was...hard to put this book down!

The Book for Black Folks of every color and Creed

this was an absolutely amazing story
the narrator for fantastic the storyline was amazing and the salt behind the intention was beautiful my new favorite book

Walter Mosley doesn't disappoint.

While this is not his best work Walter Mosley delivers a great story to the life of the intriguing Socrates Fortlow. The Right Mistake is a good read that keeps you engaged throughout each chapter in the book.

Way over the top, but worth it.

I listened to the first two books in the Socrates Trilogy and enjoyed them very much. This on bothered me at the start. The narration seemed overly dramatic and I felt like I was being “put on.” Then I realized that I was accustomed to a neutral narrator speaking in a neutral cadence with neutral emphasis, ie: white. The written text would be read this, but the narrator as well as the characters are using the phrasing and emphasis that is authentic to the context. Whether this is an accurate observation or not, the story is richer for it. For me anyway.

the whole story

this was really good, the logic and the topics in the meetings, the characters the intelligence of the self taught criminal

Walter Mosley is the best!

I actually forgot that I had listen to this book before but it was worth doing it again as it is a great story

Socrates is an interesting man...

I read the first Socrates novel many years ago. I always enjoy Walter Mosley, and this was no different! The narration was awesome. The voices had me cracking up the whole book!

Another fine Socrates novel

With Moseley’s works the journey is the reward. I can’t remember the outcome of most of the EZ Rawlins mysteries but the characters and the eras he explored were fascinating. This was a very different kind of journey where much of the emphasis was put on just getting people to communicate and get them exposed to other viewpoints. And a different view of Socrates now looking to a brighter future.

Walter Mosley is Brilliant!

Living in South Central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict, still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Now freed after serving twenty-seven years in prison, he is filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets. Along with his gambler friend Billy Psalms, Socrates calls together local people of all races from their different social stations—lawyers, gangsters, preachers, Buddhists, businessmen—to conduct meetings of a Thinkers' Club, where all can discuss the unanswerable questions in life.


The Right Mistake is the 3rd of the Socrates Fortlow trilogy so I'm working backwards. I'll absolutely be reading the other two books.
The Right Mistake was super engaging and totally kept me hooked! It was thought-provoking, fun, and relevant. The narration was outstanding and made the story come alive. Mosely's characters are just awesome. Great read!

Brazenly honest characters

This book is perfect in every way. The voice actor gave a superb performance. Only a person who has lived this could have written it. Honored to have heard this book performed on Audible.