About
Easy Rawlins is the protagonist in a series of historical mystery novels by American author Walter Mosley . Easy is a WWII vet-turned-hardboiled detective based out of Los Angeles. The books are set in the 1940s up to the 1960s. The series takes a hard look at racial inequities experienced by African-Americans. The character was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 1995 adaptation of Devil in a Blue Dress .
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