An edition of A red death (1991)

A Red Death

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An edition of A red death (1991)

A Red Death

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It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins. Easy is out of "the hurting business" and into the housing (and favor) business when a racist IRS agent nails him for tax evasion. Special Agent Darryl T. Craxton, FBI, offers to bail him out if he agrees to infiltrate the First American Baptist Church and spy on alleged communist organizer Chaim Wenzler. That's when the murders begin....

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Serpent's Tail
Pages
284

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Subjects
Fiction, Private investigators, African American men, Easy Rawlins (Fictitious character), Literary, Mystery & Detective, California, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Rawlins, easy (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, African americans, fiction, Large type books, African American businesspeople, Fiction, thrillers, general
People
Easy Rawlins
Places
Los Angeles (Calif.), California, Los Angeles, Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Times
1953

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A red death
2007, W.F. Howes
in English - Large print ed.
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Muerte Escarlata
June 30, 2005, Roca Editorial
Hardcover in Spanish - Tra edition
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A Red Death
May 19, 2004, Serpent's Tail
Paperback
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A red death: an Easy Rawlins mystery
2002, Washington Square Press
in English
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A red death
1997, Pocket Books
in English
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Library of Congress
BLi 991852427698, PS3563

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
284
Dimensions
7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
Weight
13.4 ounces

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Open Library
OL8975047M
Internet Archive
reddeath0000mosl
ISBN 10
1852427698
ISBN 13
9781852427696
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167945
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84548

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