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The year is 1948. The place: Los Angeles. African-American World War II veteran Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins is surprised when DeWitt Albright, a well-dressed white man, walks into Joppy's bar, normally a hangout for working-class black men. Mr. Albright offers Easy an undercover job and gives him a business card with the location of his office. Easy has just been laid off from his job at Champion aircraft company, and needs to make money for his mortgage. After Joppy convinces him of Mr. Albright's honesty, Easy goes to meet the white man at his office. Mr. Albright tells Easy that his client is looking for a white woman named Daphne Monet, who frequents black speakeasies. Easy agrees to look for her. He takes one hundred dollars cash in…

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