In exploring those topics, he gives a nod to classic existentialist novels of the past. Walter Mosley - The Man in My Basement, Paperback - Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an American novelist of the first rank-this is the. Mosley uses the mock prison-cell setting to play with the dynamics of race, freedom and manipulation. The man at Charles Blakeys door has a proposition almost too strange for words. And an experimental relationship unfolds with Bennett playing the role of a white prisoner, with Blakey as his black jailer. This masterpiece by celebrated New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley 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. 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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