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Title: a novel whose protagonist haunts the reader
Review: as a volunteer in a local prison, i read this book with interest. i had never read any of walter mosley's fiction novels and had no preconceptions. socrates rings true as a man who has done wrong, knows it, and strives to rise above it, knowing that he can never forgive his past crimes. as rilke says: "This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by constantly greater beings." i am anxious to share this work with the men in my group - men who know this same struggle.
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