{"product_id":"always-outnumbered-always-outgunned-walter-mosley-9780671014995","title":"Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Walter Mosley introduces an \"astonishing character\" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) in this acclaimed collection of entwined tales. Meet Socrates Fortlow, a tough ex-con seeking truth and redemption in South Central Los Angeles--and finding the miracle of survival.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I either committed a crime or had a crime done to me every day I was in jail. Once you go to prison you belong there.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Socrates Fortlow has done his time: twenty-seven years for murder and rape, acts forged by his huge, rock-breaking hands. Now, he has come home to a new kind of prison: two battered rooms in an abandoned building in Watts. Working for the Bounty supermarket, and moving perilously close to invisibility, it is Socrates who throws a lifeline to a drowning man: young Darryl, whose shaky path is already bloodstained and fearsome. In a place of violence and hopelessness, Socrates offers up his own battle-scarred wisdom that can turn the world around.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Mosley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0671014994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671014995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.40w x 0.57d","brand":"Walter Mosley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051482738943,"sku":"9780671014995","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef421f5a-931d-48e1-85b8-b2d484bdbd4c.jpg?v=1685013367","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/always-outnumbered-always-outgunned-walter-mosley-9780671014995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}