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Title: Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned: The Socrates Forllow Stories by Walter Mosley, Paul Winfield ISBN: 0-7871-1646-7 Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (49 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good, gritty book about a not-so-good, gritty world
Comment: I'm new to Mosley and haven't read any of his detective novels, but I thoroughly enjoyed this quick, easy read. Each chapter told a poignant story, and though they don't come together as in a novel, they do tie together in a meaningful way. Many of the stories are mean and bittersweet, but they are ultimately honest and hopeful, and you can you feel the central character's, Socrates Fortlow's, often-conflicted emotions in dealing with a panolopy of hard choices and various (brought on often by an earlier life of crime) injustices, as well as his incredible determination to build a life out of less than nothing. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: gripping stories from master storyteller
Comment: After reading a couple of Mosley's Easy Rawlins mysteries, which I liked fairly well, I picked up this book of stories about the estimable Socrates Fortlowe. It is a wonderful collection, and also important, because it really questions that stubborn myth known as "the American dream", and it does so without putting down the people who still believe in that myth, against all possible odds. The Fortlowe stories are far richer than the Rawlins books, especially because the main character is so complicated, and because Mosley never lets him take the obvious way out of any situation. Highly recommended to anyone not afraid of books with attitude.
Rating: 4
Summary: College Prep Review for Fellow High School Students
Comment: The novel ~Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned~ by Water Mosley is a dramatic story that follows the adulthood of Socrates Fortlow; a convicted rapist and murderer who lives in Watts, Los Angeles. After being in prison for 27 years, Socrates tries to redeem himself by helping others with their own troubles and problems. Throughout the book, he comes across many people who change his life while he helps them. Socrates' journey shows him that life goes on even after it has stopped for him. He especially tries to help Darryl, a teenager who is on the same path of self-destruction that Socrates took, with his uneasy life in the ghetto. And as Socrates comes in contact with more and more people, he realizes that there is some humanity left within him and maybe even this world.
This book has many adult themes in it from the dialogue to the main character being a convicted rapist and murderer. We believe this book should be read by more advanced readers. The format of the book is very complex. It does not go in chronological order. A chapter might begin with something that happened three weeks before the initial reading, and the whole chapter might be on that sole event. If you have read ~House on Mango Street~ by Sandra Cisneros, which follows the same format, this novel is not so hard. However, if you have not experienced this kind of reading before, you might find yourself lost frequently. Anyone below high school will have a hard time with this book. ~Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned~ has many dramatic and depressing themes and chapters. We do not suggest this if you are looking for an uplifting book. Many controversial subjects are covered in this book like racism, discrimination, the life in a ghetto, murder, rape, and many other things that some people find uneasy to talk to about.
However, the book is fascinating, suspenseful, and makes you think. The novel is made to keep you on your toes with every twist of the story. Socrates becomes the unlikely hero that by the end of the book will leave you wanting more. We recommend this to anyone that is looking for an intense and wonderful novel that shows that there could be a little good still left in anyone no matter what.
Greg, Christian, Carrie & Ni - Culver Academy
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Title: Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0316881716 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones Novels (Paperback)) by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0446610127 Publisher: Warner Vision Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Fear Itself: A Fearless Jones Novel by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0316591122 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0743442547 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Mystery (Easy Rawlins Mysteries (Paperback)) by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0743451791 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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