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Antwan Floyd Sr.
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
When the Thrill is Gone!
When the Thrill is Gone, the 3rd in the Leonid McGill series by Walter Mosley was pretty good, I've grown to love the characters Walter Mosley does an excellent job of painting a picture of a sort of underworld guardian angel for the city of New York. I look forward to the next big case about to order book 4 now! #NewYorkMysteries #AntwanFloydSr #NYCdetective #CrimeFiction #Booktuber #WalterMosey #LeonidMcGill #DopeFictionReviews
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Antwan Floyd Sr.
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Known to Evil
Known to Evil is the second story in the Leonid McGill detective series and the second title of work that I've read by Walter Mosley. I must admit I was not extremely impressed by the first in the series as I stated in a previous review, perhaps my expectations were too high. Yet I read the second anyway and I must say that Leonid has grown on me. Walter Mosley does an excellent job of drawing a picture of this middle-aged detective seeking redemption from people he has wrong
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Antwan Floyd Sr.
- May 16, 2020
- 1 min
The Long Fall
This was my first time reading a Walter Mosley title. The Long Fall was alright, Leonid McGill is a likable enough character. I believed him as a detective in New York City, I just felt that there were too many minor characters. I liked the fact that Walter Mosley showed different aspects of Leonid's life and how he balanced his nuances of other people's problems and solves them all including the cases he's actually paid to take care of for better worse. It's about a 60% chan
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Antwan Floyd Sr.
- Feb 27, 2020
- 9 min
The Fictional Black Detective in American Literature and Film
The Fictional Black Detective in American Literature and Film The fictional Black detective in American Literature and film is an important topic as it pertains to representation of a group of people and inclusion in this highly popular genre. I write this article strictly from a fan’s point of view, I am by no means an expert on the topic. I am in my learning stages and I suppose in a way I am taking you on my journey of discovery with me. According to an article that I read
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Antwan Floyd Sr.
- Mar 4, 2018
- 7 min
The Fictional Black Detective in American Literature and Film
The fictional Black detective in American Literature and film is an important topic as it pertains to representation of a group of people and inclusion in this highly popular genre. I write this article strictly from a fan’s point of view, I am by no means an expert on the topic. I am in my learning stages and I suppose in a way I am taking you on my journey of discovery with me. According to an article that I read posted in the Los Angeles Review of Books written by Gary Phi
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