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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

A Novel

A Novel

By Walter Mosley

By Walter Mosley

By Walter Mosley

By Walter Mosley

By Walter Mosley
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By Walter Mosley
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Category: Fiction

Category: Fiction

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Paperback $17.00

Nov 01, 2011 | ISBN 9781594485503

Ebook $13.99

Nov 11, 2010 | ISBN 9781101445334

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Nov 11, 2010 | 489 Minutes

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    About The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

    Soon to be an Apple Plus series starring Samuel L. Jackson, a masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the true literary icons of our time.

    Marooned in an apartment that overflows with mementos from the past, 91-year-old Ptolemy Grey is all but forgotten by his family and the world. But when an unexpected opportunity arrives, everything changes for Ptolemy in ways as shocking and unanticipated as they are poignant and profound.

    About The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

    A masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the literary icons of our time.

    Coming in March 2022 from Apple Plus , a six-part series starring Samuel L. Jackson

    Ptolemy Grey is ninety-one years old and has been all but forgotten-by his family, his friends, even himself-as he sinks into a lonely dementia. His grand-nephew, Ptolemy’s only connection to the outside world, was recently killed in a drive-by shooting, and Ptolemy is too suspicious of anyone else to allow them into his life. until he meets Robyn, his niece’s seventeen-year-old lodger and the only one willing to take care of an old man at his grandnephew’s funeral.

    But Robyn will not tolerate Ptolemy’s hermitlike existence. She challenges him to interact more with the world around him, and he grasps more firmly onto his disappearing consciousness. However, this new activity pushes Ptolemy into the fold of a doctor touting an experimental drug that guarantees Ptolemy won’t live to see age ninety- two but that he’ll spend his last days in feverish vigor and clarity. With his mind clear, what Ptolemy finds-in his own past, in his own apartment, and in the circumstances surrounding his grand-nephew’s death-is shocking enough to spur an old man to action, and to ensure a legacy that no one will forget.

    In The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Mosley captures the compromised state of his protagonist’s mind with profound sensitivity and insight, and creates an unforgettable pair of characters at the center of a novel that is sure to become a true contemporary classic.

    About The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

    A masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the literary icons of our time.

    Coming in March 2022 from Apple Plus , a six-part series starring Samuel L. Jackson

    Ptolemy Grey is ninety-one years old and has been all but forgotten-by his family, his friends, even himself-as he sinks into a lonely dementia. His grand-nephew, Ptolemy’s only connection to the outside world, was recently killed in a drive-by shooting, and Ptolemy is too suspicious of anyone else to allow them into his life. until he meets Robyn, his niece’s seventeen-year-old lodger and the only one willing to take care of an old man at his grandnephew’s funeral.

    But Robyn will not tolerate Ptolemy’s hermitlike existence. She challenges him to interact more with the world around him, and he grasps more firmly onto his disappearing consciousness. However, this new activity pushes Ptolemy into the fold of a doctor touting an experimental drug that guarantees Ptolemy won’t live to see age ninety- two but that he’ll spend his last days in feverish vigor and clarity. With his mind clear, what Ptolemy finds-in his own past, in his own apartment, and in the circumstances surrounding his grand-nephew’s death-is shocking enough to spur an old man to action, and to ensure a legacy that no one will forget.

    In The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Mosley captures the compromised state of his protagonist’s mind with profound sensitivity and insight, and creates an unforgettable pair of characters at the center of a novel that is sure to become a true contemporary classic.

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    About Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 books, most notably 13 Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered, adapted from his first Socrates Fortlow novel,… More about Walter Mosley

    About Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 books, most notably 13 Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered, adapted from his first Socrates Fortlow novel,… More about Walter Mosley

    About Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 books, most notably 13 Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered, adapted from his first Socrates Fortlow novel,… More about Walter Mosley

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Nov 01, 2011 | 288 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781594485503

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Nov 11, 2010 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9781101445334

    Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Nov 11, 2010 | 489 Minutes | ISBN 9781101461815
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