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Description

Master storyteller Walter Mosley deftly mixes speculative and historical fiction in this daring New York Times bestselling novel, reminiscent of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad.

47 is a young slave boy living under the watchful eye of a brutal slave master. His life seems doomed until he meets a mysterious runaway slave, Tall John. 47 finds himself swept up in a struggle for his own liberation.

Product Details

PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publish DateNovember 01, 2006
Pages272
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780316016353
Dimensions8.3 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches | 0.4 pounds

About the Author

Walter Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones series of mysteries, as well as numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction. He has won the Anisfield-Wolf award, a Grammy Award, and in 2004 received a PEN USA lifetime achievement award. He was born in Los Angeles and lives in New York.

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