Description
From the acclaimed bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins series, deemed one of Americas best mystery writers (The New York Times Book Review), comes a tale about a murdered man who does not want to go to heaven or hellhed rather have his old life in Harlem.
Tempest Landry is neither a good nor a bad man, but an average man trying to survive. Sure, he stole money from his mothers church, but he used it to pay for his aunts groceries while she was recovering from pneumonia. And yes, Tiny Henderson went to jail because of Tempests white lie, but the brutal rapist and murderer deserved it. After a cop accidentally kills Tempest, Tempest is denied access to heaven for his sins. But he brazenly refuses St. Peters command to proceed to hellhe would just as soon settle for his old life in Harlem.
Temporarily stymied, St. Peter grants Tempest his wishbut in a different body and with a guardian angel following him around who is determined to convert him to righteousness. But the devil is also in the running for Tempests souland he wants it in a bad way. In this episodic and humorous homage to Langston Hughes prescient narrator Jess B. Simple, readers are lured into the never-ending debate on the nature of good and evil. The Tempest Tales explores the provoking questions: Is sin the same for people of different races? Is sin judged the same for the poor as it is for the rich? And ultimately, who really gets to decide?
Author: Walter Mosley
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 06/09/2009
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.36w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9781416599494
Language: English
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