When the Voice Speaks, I Listen (Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue

When the Voice Speaks, I Listen (Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress)

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The mystery segment of Season 3 continues as the boys discuss Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress. They discuss how the book acts as an excellent first entry in a detective series, how Easy Rawlins differs in his detective work from Sherlock Holmes, and the book's place in the history of U.S. racial relations and American Pragmatism. Theme music: "Shostakovich," by Mucca Pazza

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