Folding the Red into the Black

sub-heading:
Or, Developing a Viable Untopia for Human Survival in the 21st Century

"A writer whose work transcends category and qualifies as serious literature."

- Time

"Mosley is a cunning storyteller concerned with the more profound mysteries of American lives."

- Boston Globe
$15.00

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  • 128 pages
  • Paperback ISBN 9781944869069
  • E-book ISBN 9781682190494
  • Publication 1 December 2016

about the book

Walter Mosley is one of America's bestselling novelists, known for his critically acclaimed series of mysteries featuring private investigator Easy Rawlins. His writing is hard-hitting, often limned with a political subtext, and aimed at a broad audience.

Years ago, when Mosley was working on a doctorate in political theory, he envisioned writing very different kinds of books from those for which he has become celebrated. But once you've been tagged as a novelist, and in Mosley's case, a genre writer, even a bestselling one, it is hard to get an airing for ideas that cross those boundaries. Folding the Red into the Black has grown out of Mosley's public talks, which have gotten both enthusiastic and agitated responses, making him feel the ideas in those talks should be explored in greater depth.

Mosley's is an elastic mind, and in this short polemic he frees himself to explore some novel ideas. He draws on personal experiences and insights as an African-American, a Jew, and one of our great writers to present an alternative manifesto of sorts: "We need to throw off the unbearable weight of bureaucratic capitalist and socialist demands; demands that exist to perpetuate these systems, not to praise and raise humanity to its full promise. And so I propose the word, the term Untopia."

About The Author / Editor

Walter Mosley was chosen as the 2016 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Born in California in 1952, he lives and works in New York City. Best known for his Easy Rawlins series, he draws on his African-American and Jewish roots for inspiration. An overview of his prolific career can be found at www.waltermosley.com.

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Folding the Red into the Black

sub-heading:
Or, Developing a Viable Untopia for Human Survival in the 21st Century

"A writer whose work transcends category and qualifies as serious literature."

- Time

"Mosley is a cunning storyteller concerned with the more profound mysteries of American lives."

- Boston Globe
$15.00

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Adding to cart… The item has been added

about the book

Walter Mosley is one of America's bestselling novelists, known for his critically acclaimed series of mysteries featuring private investigator Easy Rawlins. His writing is hard-hitting, often limned with a political subtext, and aimed at a broad audience.

Years ago, when Mosley was working on a doctorate in political theory, he envisioned writing very different kinds of books from those for which he has become celebrated. But once you've been tagged as a novelist, and in Mosley's case, a genre writer, even a bestselling one, it is hard to get an airing for ideas that cross those boundaries. Folding the Red into the Black has grown out of Mosley's public talks, which have gotten both enthusiastic and agitated responses, making him feel the ideas in those talks should be explored in greater depth.

Mosley's is an elastic mind, and in this short polemic he frees himself to explore some novel ideas. He draws on personal experiences and insights as an African-American, a Jew, and one of our great writers to present an alternative manifesto of sorts: "We need to throw off the unbearable weight of bureaucratic capitalist and socialist demands; demands that exist to perpetuate these systems, not to praise and raise humanity to its full promise. And so I propose the word, the term Untopia."

About The Author / Editor

Walter Mosley was chosen as the 2016 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Born in California in 1952, he lives and works in New York City. Best known for his Easy Rawlins series, he draws on his African-American and Jewish roots for inspiration. An overview of his prolific career can be found at www.waltermosley.com.

in the media