The Tempest Tales

Walter Mosley

earliest edition we have, 2008 Black Classic Press, 2008 hardcover 190 pages

Tipping his hat to Langston Hughes, and his much loved character Jesus B. Semple, Walter Mosley introduces Tempest Landry and *The Tempest Tales*. Mistaken for another man, wily Tempest is "accidentally" shot by police. Sent to receive the judgment of heaven he discovers his sins, according to St. Peter, condemn him to hell. Tempest takes exception to the saint's definition of sin; he refuses to go to hell and expl...

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The tempest tales edition · 2009 · Washington Square Press · 9781416599494
The Tempest Tales hardcover · 2008 · Black Classic Press · 190 pages · 9781574780437

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