The Tempest Tales
by Walter Mosley
Publication Date: May 07, 2008
List Price: $19.95
Format: Hardcover, 190 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781574780437
Imprint: Black Classic Press
Publisher: Black Classic Press
Parent Company: Black Classic Press
Tempest Landry, an everyman African American, is “accidentally” killed by a cop. Denied access to heaven because of what he considers a few minor transgressions, Tempest refuses to go to hell. Stymied, Saint Peter sends him back to Harlem, where a guiding angel tries to convince him to accept Saint Peter’s judgment, and even the Devil himself tries to win over Tempest’s soul. Through the street-smart Landry, Mosley poses the provocative question: Is sin for blacks the same as it is for whites? And who gets to decide?
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