At the same time, Mosley struggles to avoid turning his colorful characters into one-dimensional cartoons. One of his recurring characters, Jackson Blue, is a case in point. If there's anybody who's 'street' in the world, it's Jackson Blue, ... But Jackson, he's reading Cicero.
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