The Man in My Basement Contributor(s): Mosley, Walter (Author) |
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ISBN: 031615931X ISBN-13: 9780316159319 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: Mosley departs from his Easy Rawlins mysteries for this thought-provoking novel. Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly crumbling. When a mysterious white man offers to rent Charles's basement for the summer, Charles embarks on a journey into inconceivable worlds of power and manipulation, and unimagined realms of humanity. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | African American - Mystery & Detective |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.52" W x 8.22" (0.54 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 77539 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an American novelist of the first rank-this is the mysterious story of a young black man who agrees to an unusual bargain to save the home that has belonged to his family for generations. |