It\'s 1964.
Easy comes in.
But all that is about to change.
Easy likes his new life, even though he feels empty and a Little bored sometimes.
He wears nice clothes and puts all his energy-and love-into his job and his adopted children.
For two years he\'s been getting up early and going off to work.
He\'s taken on a job as supervising custodian of Sojourner Truth Junior High School in Watts.
Easy Rawlins has given up the street life that has brought him so much trouble and grief.
It\'s 1964