I know people live more peaceable lives in prison.” As Fearless remarked to Minton, “…I know men who run in the streets every night don’t have half the trouble you got. He is like a magnet that attracts trouble. He is also a true blue friend and a man of uncommon honesty and integrity.Īs square as Minton is, trouble always finds him. He has little formal education, but has great intuition and insight into persons and situations. He will not run from a fight, will take on bullies gladly, but will not pick a fight just to show how tough he is. “Scared if I do,…and scared if I don’t.”įearless Jones, on the other hand, is a heroic man, not afraid of anything or anyone. Indeed, he is an admitted coward who would rather run than fight. Paris Minton, owns the Florence Avenue Used Book Shop, and is a bookworm, more comfortable in the classroom and library than the streets. Minton and Jones are as different as different can be. There was no court of appeals that would hear my cries of innocence."įear of the Dark is the third installment of Walter Mosley’s series about his odd couple characters, Paris Minton and Fearless Jones, and their dealing with the reality of being Black men in Los Angeles of the 1950’s. There was no jury that would exonerate me. The minute I came upon that white boy’s body I knew that I would be seen as guilty in the eyes of American justice. "All three of us were living according to black peoples’ laws. ( Jump down to read a review of Fearless Jones)ĭown to see list of more Walter Mosley books reviewed)
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