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R.L.'s Dream
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R.L.'s Dream Paperback - 1996

by Walter Mosley

From the author of Devil in a Blue Dress comes "the most powerful and poetic novel about black life in America since Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (Digby Diehl, Playboy). RL's Dream, the first work of his to break from his mystery series, focuses on an aging bluesman named Soupspoon Wise.


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It's 1939 and Easy and Mouse are young men just setting out in life--Easy has yet to develop his skill for unraveling the secrets of others, and Mouse has yet to kill his first man. But all that will soon change. Soupspoon Wise is dying on the unforgiving streets of New York City, years and worlds away from the Mississippi delta, where he once jammed with blues legend Robert "RL" Johnson. It was an experience that burned indelibly into Soupspoon's soul--never mind that they said RL's gift came from the Devil himself. Now it's Soupspoon's turn to strike a deal with a stranger. An alcoholic angel of mercy, Kiki Waters isn't much better off than Soupspoon, but she too is a child of the South, and knows its pull. And she is determined to let Soupspoon ride out the final notes of his haunting blues dream, to pour out the remarkable tale of what he's seen, where he's been--and where he's going. Mosley creates a "a meditation on the history and meaning of the blues" (Entertainment Weekly) in R L's Dream, which practically sings a soulful blues song itself.

First line

Pain moved up the old man's hipbone like a plow breaking through hard sod.

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  • Title R.L.'s Dream
  • Author Walter Mosley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Washington Square Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-07-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780671884284 / 067188428X
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.34 x 0.77 in (20.83 x 13.56 x 1.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
  • Library of Congress subjects Musical fiction, New York (N.Y.)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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