The Man in My Basement
Author: Walter Mosley
Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly crumbling. His parents are dead, he can’t find a job, he drinks too much, and his friends have begun to desert him. Worst of all, he’s fallen behind on the mortgage payments for the beautiful home that’s belonged to his family for generations. When a stranger – a white man – offers him $50,000 in cash to rent out his….Read More
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