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Norton and company and has a total of 208 pages in the book. After college mosley worked a series of jobs, including caterer, potter, and computer programmer. His books have won numerous awards and have been translated into more than twenty languages. This only comes from genuine wisdom and understanding, qualities in which mosley far outshines almost all contemporary authors. Always outnumbered, always outgunned socrates fortlow. Always outnumbered, always outgunned has 8 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Always outnumbered, always outgunned by mosley, walter. Always outnumbered, always outgunned, by walter mosley study guide consists of approx. Always outnumbered, always outgunned is the first book in the socrates fortlow series by walter mosley. Narrator peter francis james perfectly captures socrates struggle to be a better man. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.
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