Super Short Summary

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley follows Socrates Fortlow, a 58-year-old ex-convict in Los Angeles, striving to live a moral life after 27 years in prison for a double homicide. Through fourteen interconnected stories set in the Watts neighborhood, Fortlow confronts personal guilt, systemic racism, and economic hardships, ultimately finding redemption by mentoring a troubled boy named Darryl. Mentions of violence and themes around guilt and criminality are present.