Walkin' the Dog

Walter Mosley

Original title: Walkin' the dog

first published 1999 Little, Brown, 1999 260 pages

Socrates Fortlow, an ex-convict forced to define his own morality in a lawless world, confronts wrongs that most people would rather ignore and comes face-to-face with the most dangerous emotion: hope. It has been nine years since his release from prison, and he still makes his home in a two-room shack in a Watts alley. But he has a girlfriend now, a steady job, and he is even caring for a pet, the two-legged dog he...

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Walkin' the Dog ebook · 2008 · Little, Brown and Company · 9780316050449
Walkin' the Dog edition · 2008 · Little Brown & Company · 9781306769181
Walkin' the Dog paperback · 2002 · Serpent's Tail · 260 pages · 9781852427542
Walkin' the dog edition · 2000 · G.K. Hall · 301 pages
Walkin' the dog edition · 2000 · Back Bay Books · 260 pages
Walkin' the dog edition · 2000 · Serpent's Tail · 260 pages
Walkin' the Dog edition · 1999 · Recorded Books · 9780788737688
Walkin' the dog edition · 1999 · Little, Brown · 260 pages

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