The Fall of Heaven

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"The Fall of Heaven" is a play by American author Walter Mosley, adapted from his work The Tempest Tales. It was staged in 2010. The play explores themes of judgment and the afterlife, centering on a deceased man who refuses to accept his fate and is consequently returned to Earth. Walter Mosley is known for his mystery novels that realistically portray inner-city life, often dealing with issues of race relations. His other works include the Easy Rawlins series and the Socrates Fortlow stories.1

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…work into his first play, The Fall of Heaven, which was staged in 2010. The Long Fall (2009) was the first entry in another mystery series, set in contemporary New York City and featuring private detective (and sometime criminal) Leonid McGill. Mosley chronicled more of McGill’s hard-boiled capers in such…
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…work into his first play, The Fall of Heaven, which was staged in 2010. The Long Fall (2009) was the first entry in another mystery series, set in contemporary New York City and featuring private detective (and sometime criminal) Leonid McGill. Mosley chronicled more of McGill’s hard-boiled capers in such…
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