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The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() And an experimental relationship unfolds with Bennett playing the role of a white prisoner, with Blakey as his black jailer. But there are a few conditions:Īs a kind of self-punishment, Bennett transforms the basement into a locked cage. One day, Anniston Bennett, a wealthy, 57-year-old WASP, appears at Charles' doorstep and offers $50,000 to rent his basement for the summer. Mosley pursues that goal by matching two characters whose lives are worlds apart.Ĭharles Blakey, the protagonist, is an African-American slacker who has lived a directionless life since being fired from his latest job. "I wanted to show a meeting between evil and innocence," he tells NPR's Cheryl Corley during a discussion of his book and its underlying themes. But this time he has even more fundamental mysteries in mind. ![]() ![]() Walter Mosley's latest novel, The Man in My Basement, examines race, power and identity - core subjects of much of his past work. ![]()
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