Found it just lovely! Read 70 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Characters were solid and complex, I just didn't like them! Found it just lovely! Especially Yancy she was deplorable. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I wouldn't go as far to say that Harris was poetic in his writing, but he had a way with creating situations that were shocking, yet readers kept wanting more. Babies aren't even on the list. Kudos to him. Not the kind of book I usually go for. It was well-written though I'm not sure that the ending was satisfactory enough for me. Not sure how i managed to pick this up from the library. [1] The song reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Meanwhile, Basil, that pillar of integrity, listens in silence. by Anchor Books Harris's most sympathetic characters are Yancey's roommate, Windsor, a plump schoolteacher who spends her spare evenings holding abandoned babies at Hale House, and Zurich Robinson, a gay Christian ex-athlete who briefly considers joining Basil's agency, eliciting a string of ugly clichés from Basil's partner. This song is from "Merrily We Roll Along," by Stephen Sondheim. He graduated with honors with a degree in journalism. He graduated with honors with a degree in journalism.E. For many people, this is a very uncomfortable subject both personally and fictionally. what i didnt like was how basil was toying with his girlfriends heart and calls off the wedding the day of. Lynn Harris was born in Flint, Michigan and raised, along with three sisters, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
His characters, mostly upper-middle-class African Americans, live glamorous, exciting, great-sex-filled lives in the arenas of sports and entertainment. I Loved It!I used to see E. Lynn Harris books in the African-American section of local bookstores, decades ago, and have leafed through several. Thanks to TeddyBearxoxo1 for correcting these lyrics. I researched this author and apparently what I didn't realize how popular an author he was during a time when I was focused more an academic materials than relaxing novels. From there, you find out the story leading up to their marriage being called off. There is a way to have your cake and ice cream, too."
Not as good as Basketball Jones but still quite good. Basil has fallen in love with an equally alluring figure, Yancey Braxton, a bronze-skinned Broadway singer whose beauty and dedication are matched by ferocious selJohn "Basil" Henderson, a former football player who has started a successful sports agency with a friend, is a gorgeous, arrogant, bitter, woman-hating, homophobic, African American bisexual who is used to people staring at him. Loved his character. Her mother finds out all of Basil's secrets, and wants Yancy to extort money from him. 1400075785 I purposely read it slowly to make it last longer, and to savour it. (He's not, by the way, just a Harris fan.) Looking forward to reading the sequel. can't wait to read the sequel.Awesome read. We’d love your help. This was a book I didn’t want to put down. I will definitely be reading the sequel.Awesome book.
what i didnt like was how basil was toying with his girlfriends heart and calls off the wedding the day of. I read this book for a book club I'm in. Especially Yancy she was deplorable. Two people that seem in love with one another, each with secret vices and trust issues that begin deteriorating their seemingly solid relationship.The storyline was interesting to the point that I read it start to finish in one day, and although well written I just wasn't left with a liking to either of the main characters by the last page. This June, as we observe LGBTQ Pride—the annual celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning communities—we wa...A delicious ride into the mischievous lives of two very unforgettable characters.A delicious ride into the mischievous lives of two very unforgettable characters.On the surface, E. Lynn Harris’s books seem like predictable, mildly escapist fiction. Not tI give the author praise to captivate the reader and take them on a wild ride. Yancey cares for Basil, too, but her career comes first. He attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville where he was the school's first black yearbook editor, the first black male Razorbacks cheerleader, and the president of his fraternity.