47.47. Walter Mosley Walter Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is a prominent American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. Mosley has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator and World War . 2005. Read by Ossie Davis. 5 cds. 6.33 hrs. Listening Library. 0-307-20662-9. $45.00. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. JS Young 47 is destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for the hard life of a field slave on a Georgia plantation, but when he meets the copper-skinned runaway slave Tall John, 47 learns there are larger and more dangerous threats to all he holds dear than the violent slave master. Mosley has successfully crossed into YA fiction with this captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. mix of history, SF and study of the human condition. Davis may seem like an unlikely choice to read the part of a 14-year-old youth, but listeners discover that while 47 is 14 years old in body he is really over 100 years old and musing retroactively ret·ro·ac·tive adj. Influencing or applying to a period prior to enactment: a retroactive pay increase. [French rétroactif, from Latin on his extraordinary transformation. Actor Davis is an ingenious match for this thought-provoking novel. Julie Scordato, YA Libn., Columbus Met. Lib., Columbus, OH |
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