The Man in My Basement: A Novel - Hardcover

Mosley, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316570826 ISBN 13: 9780316570824

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2004

Synopsis

To save the home that has belonged to his family for generations, Charles Blakey, a young black man whose life is slowly crumbling around him--his parents are dead, he is unemployed, he is drinking too much, and his friends have been deserting him--agrees to rent out his basement for the summer to a mysterious stranger. 75,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Walter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series of mysteries and other works of fiction and nonfiction. He is the recipient of a Grammy Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and many other honors. He was born in Los Angeles and lives in New York.

From AudioFile:

Charles Blakey has fallen on hard times. Out of work, heavily in debt, drinking too much, Blakey, a black man, worries about holding on to his family home in Sag Harbor. When a strange white man offers him $50,000 to rent his basement for the summer, Blakey can't refuse. What's the catch? Anniston Bennet wants to be imprisoned for the duration of his stay. Ernie Hudson's performance turns Blakey's dilemma into an exploration of perversity, punishment, repentance, and redemption. His accomplished handling of the exchanges between the two men resonates with truth. Hudson is compelling as Blakey wrestles with the seductiveness of power. In a departure from his popular Easy Rawlins mysteries, Walter Mosley presents a fascinating, if disturbing, look into the human soul. S.J.H. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0316570826
• ISBN 13: 9780316570824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192