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"Tempest Tales”
By: Walter Mosley
Notable author Walter Mosley, steps out of his famous series of Easy Rollins crime and murder mysteries and into a novel that challenges the traditional interpretation of faith and belief. Here the reader is introduced to Tempest Landry, a Black man living in Harlem, his is a life of daily survival. The book opens with Tempest being murdered by the police in a case of mistaken identity. Tempest is then sent to the afterlife. While approaching the pearly gates and St. Peter, he is asked to accept his sins and be cast into Hell with the Devil. Tempest refuses and explains that the sins he is being accused of were merely circumstantial occurrences. This refusal and challenge to the order of things interrupts the routine of the passage into the afterlife and frustrates the Angels. As a result Tempest is sent back to Earth along with a guardian angel who takes the form of a human. The purpose of the angel is to discuss with Tempest the nature of the sins he has committed and accept being condemned to hell. However as the angel begins to experience the everyday life of a person in the same circumstance as Tempest it becomes harder for him to form his arguments against Tempest. When discussing the nature or content surrounding a sin, Tempest simply questions whether an error, is the same as sin.
This book is an honest conversation that people would with to have with an authority of God. It questions the nature of sin, guilt, and circumstance. Mosley poses the provocative question: Is sin for Blacks the same as it is for Whites? And who gets to decide? Done in a style with humor and quick wit Tempest Tales is an easy read that everyone should go out and read. However you get it, check out the library or borrow from a friend, just make sure you go out and Read a Book!!
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