The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.(Book review)

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By Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the long-running Easy Rawlins mysteries (Little Scarlet EXCELLENT SELECTION Sept/Oct 2004 and Cinnamon Kiss EXCELLENT Nov/Dec 2005), the Fearless Jones series (Fear of the Dark EXCELLENT Nov/Dec 2006), and the more recent Leonid Mc-Gill series (The Long Fall EXCELLENT July/Aug 2009 and Known to Evil EXCELLENT May/June 2010).

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THE STORY: At 91, African American Ptolemy Grey is both physically and mentally frail. The old man lives alone in a squalid South Los Angeles apartment, holding conversations with friends long …