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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
by Walter Mosley
Mosely creates a 91 year old protagonist for this novel. Ptolemy lives along in a cluttered apartment accompanied by his failing memory. His most attentive family member fails to show up to check on him, and he's greeted instead by less familiar and more distant family. He must decide who to trust and who to shun. While trying to negotiate the challenges of the present, he's haunted by his memories--three different relationships that he regrets the outcome.
Then he meets a young woman who has recently become fictive kin to some of his distant relatives. She helps him clear out the clutter in his house and in his head.
Set in LA county in the late 20th century primarily among African American characters, Mosely reveals how people in late adulthood still have conflicts to manage and still have power to affect the lives of others. He also shows how a "life review" is a major task for those who know their days are few.
Then he meets a young woman who has recently become fictive kin to some of his distant relatives. She helps him clear out the clutter in his house and in his head.
Set in LA county in the late 20th century primarily among African American characters, Mosely reveals how people in late adulthood still have conflicts to manage and still have power to affect the lives of others. He also shows how a "life review" is a major task for those who know their days are few.