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| Synopsis | A story of thwarted love by the author of "Flyy Girl". It describes the unhappiness of Bobby Dallas, a black radio broadcaster in Washington, D.C., whose most recent unhappy love affair has left him depressed, angry, and hopeless.
| | Size | | Length: | 350 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in. | | Width: | 5.0 in. | | Thickness: | 0.5 in. | | Weight: | 12.8 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | Finally, a story of a handsome, educated, heterosexual black man and his experiences with careers and relationships in the fast-moving '90s! Bobby Dallas, a budding radio talk-show host, has no skeletons or kids in the closet. All that's missing is a talented, sexy, smart black woman by his side. And that should be easy, right? But after a shattering breakup with his first love, Bobby wanders for years between women and jobs, unsure about marriage, family, economics, and his overall stability. Having achieved his dream of becoming a highly successful radio talk-show host, Bobby is a man with the best of intentions not only in his career, but also in love. He learns, though, that being a "do right man" is far from easy.
From the highly praised author of "Flyy Girl" here is a novel about a handsome, successful African-American man looking for the one prize that's missing from his life. 150,000 first print.
| | Industry reviews | Unlike his previous book (Flyy Girl, LJ 9/15/96), which was basically a YA novel, this is for adults and, ironically, less vulgar. Narrator Bobby Dallas begins the story as he is graduating from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and seeking a career in radio. Like Flyy Girl, this book has its problems, starting with the repetitious plot line: Bobby meets girl. Bobby gets job. Bobby loses girl. Bobby loses job. Bobby is confused. By midbook, the emotional chaos of the main character becomes annoying. The author has done an impressive amount of research into the world of radio and gives an honest if tiring interpretation of a black man struggling to do right, while getting it all wrong. By the penultimate chapter, it appears that Bobby Dallas, now successful in radio at the age of 31, will never find a woman who loves him. But then Faye Butler, the love of his life who started out with him at Howard in the first chapter, returns to him in a happily-ever-after sort of ending. Fans of Terry McMillan or E. Lynn Harris may enjoy this. Because the author shows promise and offers a rare view of the true-to-life emotions of black males, this is recommended for larger public library collections. Shirley Gibson Coleman, Ann Arbor Dist. Lib., Mich.
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Hip-to-the-punch, Tyree's (Flyy Girl) feel-good third novel follows the trials and errors of low-octane gentle giant Bobby Dallas as he realizes his dream: to have his own radio show. After graduating from Howard University, Dallas finds tutelage under a variety of black radio men (many of whom live mainly through his wide-eyed enthusiasm) and pleasure in the company of a number of women with whom he enjoys fleeting affairs. It isn't until Dallas nerves himself to scrap the neoconservative slant of his radio show and reinvent himself as hip "Radioman" that his career and love life fall (magically) into place. The novel never questions this flip-flop: Tyree seems to share his hero's devil-may-care view of politics as mere fashion statement. Political questions aside, Dallas's sky-rocket ascent in radio beggars credulity. "What if everything doesn't go right?" he continues tiresomely to ask as if the reader could possibly forget that Tyree is making sure that everything does go right. In fact, only Tyree's good humor and ear for dialogue keep this story from devolving into a fairy tale. (Nov.) FYI: Flyy Girl will be issued in Scribner paperback in November.
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