Synopses & Reviews
This bold new novel from Walter Mosley startles in both its rawness and its honest portrayal of a man on a quest for sexual redemption in midlife.
When Cordell Carmel catches his longtime girlfriend with another man, the act that he witnesses seems to dissolve all the boundaries he knows. In that instant, the calm existence of this middle-aged New York City man becomes something unrecognizable: he wants revenge, but also something more. Killing Johnny Fry is the story of Cordell's dark, funny, soulful, and outrageously explicit sexual odyssey in search of a new way of life. His guide is a mysterious woman named Sisypha, who leads him deep into the erotic heart of the city.
Killing Johnny Fry marks new territory for Walter Mosley, bestselling author of Devil in a Blue Dress and many other books in different genres: sci-fi, politics, literary fiction. It will surprise, provoke, inspire, and make you blush. Above all, it is about a man questioning the rules we take for granted and the powerful and sometimes disturbing connections that occur between people when these rules are removed.
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"An interesting look at a male in midlife crisis." Kirkus Reviews
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"Mosley deserves kudos for his courage, but let's hope sexistentialism is a one-night stand." Booklist
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"You can't fault an artist for branching out and stumbling, but Mosley's latest genre experiment...will make you blush for him....I might have found this all somewhat less depressing if it were good porn." Entertainment Weekly
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"[I]f Cordell's misadventures were too palatable, if this were a novel one could read over lunch, it wouldn't be authentic porn. Fans of his Easy Rawlins series might be put off by the surreal absurdity, but perhaps Mosley is reaching out to new readers. Or, like Bill Clinton, a fan of Mosley's early work, perhaps he's doing something audacious because he can." Tracy Quan, The Washington Post Book World (read the entire Washington Post Book World review)
Synopsis
When Cordell Carmel catches his longtime girlfriend with another man, the experience turns his life upside down, dissolving his calm, everyday existence into a thirst for revenge and a sexual odyssey in search of a new way of life, a quest in which he is joined by a mysterious woman named Sisypha, who takes him deep into the erotic heart of New York City. 75,000 first printing.
Synopsis
Marking a new territory for the bestselling author of Devil in a Blue Dress, this bold new novel is the story of one man's dark, funny, soulful, and outrageously explicit sexual odyssey in search of a new way of life.
About the Author
Walter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series of mysteries, and the novels Blue Light, RL's Dream, Futureland and Fearless Jones, as well as two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow Walkin' the Dog and Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned for which he received the Anisfield-Wold award. He was born in Los Angeles and lives in New York.