Books
October, 1995
In one of the best literary fall seasons in memory, there is an exciting new book for every taste. At the top is RL's Dream (Norton), by Walter Mosley, the most powerful and poetic novel about black life in America since Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. Soupspoon Wise, an old bluesman dying of cancer, remembers his life, especially the days when he played with the legendary Robert "RL" Johnson. Evicted from his apartment, Wise is saved from a homeless shelter by Kiki Waters, a young Sout...
