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The Right Mistake The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow Walter Mosley 9780465005253 Books

Walter Mosley, hands down, is the best writer of popular fiction in the U.S. today. He's most noted for his Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones mysteries, but occasionally, Mosley gets the urge to write literature. This is where his Socrates Fortlow series comes in. Socco is Mosley's most ambitious attempt at character creation: a murderer, rapist, now ex-con, released from prison in the twilight of his life to find his way in the world. Socrates is burdened with more curses than Job--he's old, uneducated, thuggish, black, fat and worst of all, he has a conscience. In the first two books of the series, Socrates is just trying to figure out how a black ex-con with nothing can survive in a white man's world. Socco has little going for him except his bulldogged determination to make a place for himself.

But in THE RIGHT MISTAKE, Mosley has Socrates raise his sights. Not only must Socrates find redemption for himself, he must take on the all the man-made problems of the Watts community. Socco creates the Nickel House, where gang leaders can hold peace talks, where addicts and prostitutes can come for help, and, at which every Thursday night, the "Thinker's Club" gathers to discuss their community, their problems, and to come up with possible solutions. The gathering is a rag-tag collection from all walks of life: a black lawyer, a Hispanic carpenter, a Jew from Cheviot Hills, a suspected murderer, some local women, Socco's teenage protege Daryl, a self-important preacher, a gay couple from Venice, a martial arts teacher, etc.

Socrates's questions force the members of the group (including himself) to look inward and examine their deepest selves. At one point, he summons the black members of the "Thinker's Group" into a special Friday night session to argue what it is to be black and then to show them the answer isn't important. What is important is the quality of person each is. They are to judge themselves, not on the color of their skins, but on the content of their characters.

Not unexpected in a Mosley novel, the jaundice eye of the police is focused on the Nickel House. They assume that no good can be going on in a house where so many of the dregs of society gather. The police use their tactics of undercover agents, planted evidence and arbitrary arrests to intimidate and harass Socrates. But the Socrates of this book is a calmer, more self-controlled person than he was in the first two books. He is a man at peace with himself, and so the threats of incarceration and/or death hold no fear for him.

Literature helps us to better understand what it is to be human. In THE RIGHT MISTAKE, Walter Mosley through his Socrates Fortlow character takes on this task. Few writers today can do this as well as Mosley.


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The Right Mistake The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow Walter Mosley 9780465005253 Books Reviews

I am a fan of Mr. Mosley's work and have read nearly all of his books. The Socrates Fortlow series is some of his best work, and this is by far the best of his offering in this series. The philosophy is here, people. It isn't that hard to do. Mr. Mosley captures the right approach to solving societies problems. Not in making mistakes and waiting for someone else to solve it for you, but taking the steps to solve your own problems. Taking responsibility for your own actions and walking the narrow path regardless of the consequences.

Bravo, Mr. Mosley. And thank you.
The Right Mistake is gritty, deep and well written. It's many characters are interesting to say the least. Walter Mosley keeps you reading to find out what else is going to challenge Socrates and his compadres and how or whether or not the challenge would be met. As always in a Walter Mosley book, the setting was almost another character in the story. That made the reading experience even more enjoyable. Then there is the love story with Socrates and Luna. I found their coupling intriguing and perplexing at the same time. I highly recommend this book.

Patricia
LADIES OF COLOR TURNING PAGES - book club
The part of the book where Socrates asks people around him about what they see when they look at themselves in the mirror - do they see themselves as black or do they see a resemblance to their mother, etc - is priceless!!
The prequels (Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, and Walking the Dog) offer a remarkable insight into the soul of a man who committed a terrible crime and was eventually released into the world he had to make his own again. Written in thick Ebonics the prequels build a powerful character of Socrates as he embarks on this path. The Right Mistake gives us a man who has found his place in the world and learned to live with the primal demons he's tamed in his heart. Now Socrates is faced with the existential issues of how a man/woman gets along with the larger segments of society.
A must read!!
I would think that Walter Mosley could easily coast on his reputation at this stage his long career, but this excellent little book shows he still wants to go past other writers.

His main character is far from sympathetic; a convicted, and confessed, multiple murderer and rapist who has spent nearly all of his adult life in prison. Socrates Fortlow now lives on the fringes of society in South Central LA collecting bottles and cans to survive and living in a shack in a small alley. However due to a change in his life be takes on the responsibility of bringing together a mixture of people to discuss issues. The police do not care for this and what follows is a mixture of philosophical discourses and a police frame-up.

In 2004 Mosley published 'The Man In My Basement' that really changed my perception of the black experience in America. I don't think that any white person, such as me, can fully understand that or appreciate the subtleties, but Mosley goes a long way of educating me.

This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it.
Walter Mosley, hands down, is the best writer of popular fiction in the U.S. today. He's most noted for his Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones mysteries, but occasionally, Mosley gets the urge to write literature. This is where his Socrates Fortlow series comes in. Socco is Mosley's most ambitious attempt at character creation a murderer, rapist, now ex-con, released from prison in the twilight of his life to find his way in the world. Socrates is burdened with more curses than Job--he's old, uneducated, thuggish, black, fat and worst of all, he has a conscience. In the first two books of the series, Socrates is just trying to figure out how a black ex-con with nothing can survive in a white man's world. Socco has little going for him except his bulldogged determination to make a place for himself.

But in THE RIGHT MISTAKE, Mosley has Socrates raise his sights. Not only must Socrates find redemption for himself, he must take on the all the man-made problems of the Watts community. Socco creates the Nickel House, where gang leaders can hold peace talks, where addicts and prostitutes can come for help, and, at which every Thursday night, the "Thinker's Club" gathers to discuss their community, their problems, and to come up with possible solutions. The gathering is a rag-tag collection from all walks of life a black lawyer, a Hispanic carpenter, a Jew from Cheviot Hills, a suspected murderer, some local women, Socco's teenage protege Daryl, a self-important preacher, a gay couple from Venice, a martial arts teacher, etc.

Socrates's questions force the members of the group (including himself) to look inward and examine their deepest selves. At one point, he summons the black members of the "Thinker's Group" into a special Friday night session to argue what it is to be black and then to show them the answer isn't important. What is important is the quality of person each is. They are to judge themselves, not on the color of their skins, but on the content of their characters.

Not unexpected in a Mosley novel, the jaundice eye of the police is focused on the Nickel House. They assume that no good can be going on in a house where so many of the dregs of society gather. The police use their tactics of undercover agents, planted evidence and arbitrary arrests to intimidate and harass Socrates. But the Socrates of this book is a calmer, more self-controlled person than he was in the first two books. He is a man at peace with himself, and so the threats of incarceration and/or death hold no fear for him.

Literature helps us to better understand what it is to be human. In THE RIGHT MISTAKE, Walter Mosley through his Socrates Fortlow character takes on this task. Few writers today can do this as well as Mosley.