RaveNew City Lit... a treasury of unsung lives, vignettes of the loves of unloved, praise of people who are out of place and time but not out of mind or mortality ... Mosley expands the story for every Black man you have ever seen who seems out of step ... Without apology, the stories move into outcomes that only Black people knew to be true. These invisible men could have contributed so much if only black roses were cultivated and welcomed in the garden with all the other colors ... True to his mystery tradition, these stories are tiny murders of the soul, things that are seldom told from this point of view, showing the insight and talent of Walter Mosley.
