I want to be able to expand the horizons of every writer like myself, and a lot of that means black writers, but not just black writers, everybody. Let's open the doors, let's be able to think in a broader way about fiction and who writes fiction. Writing is a business and I treat it like a business, but in another sense it's also the way the you express your culture, through your life. And that is so important because you have to go wherever your heart leads you. Always Outgunned 1 .
Money can confer both pride and shame.
Socrates' namesake, the Greek philosopher, chose to remain in jail even though he knew it meant he would be executed. Socrates has a wide range of friends, from Darryl, to the high school quarterback at the supermarket, to Iula, Right, even Bruno, the black dog. Always Outgunned there is a violent encounter. In this book there is death by violence and death by old age. Mosley is a new, strong and original voice, here to stay and not to be missed.