His detective work takes him around various hangouts in L.A, including Ricardo's, a rough bar that you don't go into without an inside man. There was no way out but to run, and I couldn't run, so I decided to milk all those white people for all the money they'd let go of." "Somewhere along the way I had developed the feeling that I wasn't going to outlive the adventure I was having.
He decides to take control of the situation instead of letting himself be played. But Easy fought in World War II, and if there is one thing he can't tolerate, it is disrespect. Soon the bodies start piling up, and the cops haul Easy in. Part of the reason is that the crowd she runs with includes pimps and underworld businessmen. Part of the reason she breathes scandal is that her relationships transcend race, taboo at the time. Unfortunately, the devil has a blue dress, no doubt, and she seeds a trail of destruction in her wake. "After staring at her a full minute I decided that she'd be worth looking for if you could get her to smile at you that way."Įverybody's seen her but no one wants to say where she is unless they get a piece of the action. Originally black and white, it's been touched up in color. 'Whatever the market can bear.'ĭewitt shows Easy a picture of the missing girl. 'Whatever the market can bear.' He smiled, looking like a hungry bear himself. 'They gotta sayin' for his line'a work, Ease.' "'And just exactly what kind of business is it he does? I mean, is he a shirt salesman or what?' In 1948, that's more than a couple mortgage payments to tide Easy over while he looks for his next job. But Dewitt's a businessman with a simple job for Easy- he offers him a hundred dollars to find a white girl known to hang out in the African-American community. Easy can't help but notice that Joppy, an ex-heavyweight fighter, is nervous, a sure tip-off there's something wrong. Laid off from his job building jets, he needs to make payment on his mortgage or face the loss of his house.ĭrowning his woes at a tiny bar above a meatpacking warehouse, his friend and bar owner Joppy hooks him up with DeWitt Albright. It is a classic:Įasy Rawlins is just trying to get by. If you don't immediately start humming the song when you see this title, play it while you read.
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