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The Man in My Basement A Novel

Paperback • 2005 • English

The Man in My Basement A Novel

By Walter Mosley

1 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an American novelist of the first rank-this is the mysterious story of a young black man who agrees to an unusual bargain to save the home that has belonged to his family for generations. The man at Charles Blakey's door has a proposition almost too strange for words. The stranger offers him $50,000 in cash to spend the summer in Charles's basement, and Charles cannot even begin to guess why. The beautiful house has been in the Blakey family for gen...Show more

Narrative theme: Social issues
Thriller: organised crime
Thriller: serial killers

Book details

ISBN

9780316159319

Publisher

Little, Brown

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

The Man in My Basement A Novel

Format

Paperback

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