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Summary: THIS BOOK IS LIKE CRACK YOU GUYS ADDICTIVE!
Review: This is a GREAT novel. I read in 2 days. It is about a black handsome dude who makes his living as a gigolo to rich white women in NY. George breaks down how the children of the militant 60's generation have grown apathetic to politics and have grown up willing to get dirty for the dollar, it talks about his exploits in the sexual underground world in NY where "vampires" (freaky white rich people) pay the poor to do the most sick things from S&M to group sex where the husbands watch black men take thier wives. the only thing I wished he did was have a chapter explaining how he researched for this book. I am so CURIOUS because I thought it was real. I wonder if he opened the Village Voice and called up some escorts for real life stories. I also wish he would have not made this a book about NY underworld, and chose LA since that is the mecca of porn because a lot more danger and dirt is there and could have made for more drama in the book. BUT I LOVE IT. Read it in 2days! I appreciate how for once he chose to not be political correct and act like only black people deal drugs. The ISRAELI drug dealers are real, and as a kid in the innercity I know. This book is great kind of novel like coldest winter ever because its part fiction, part history of todays generation, and part gossip expose about the lives of the rich and their sick behavior behind close doors. It was like a reading a history of music non fiction book, post 60's black power book, and a entertainment tabliod magazine all rolled up in one. It also taught me about interesting tips on beautiful people, male or female and how disturbed and vulnerable they are in this world. He had so many pithy comments, mostly from characters that popped up. Finally what I loved most is that I was FORCED to finish this book in 2 days. The way he wrote it was kind of like pulp fiction, it skips from one time period to another. I did not have the luxury of pausing and waiting to read it next week or when I had time. I swear Nelson George just wrote the first REALITY TV novel. It was real, it was exciting, it was informative. Thanks Nelson and PLEASE write a novel on the black pornography scene. If you have heard of jake steed, or woodburn they are VAMPIRES destorying poor gullible black women's lives with false promises of wealth in porn. Investigate it and write about it like you did in this book. You are the people's journalist, and the revolutions great novelist. HOLLA.
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Summary: A quick read
Review: This is the first novel I read from this author. I read this page turner quickly. The author told a good hip story. I imagined "Night" to look like Tyson Beckford!! I thought the subplot and the main plot were brought together,a bit hastily, but well done. I expected more ironies involving BethAnn and the africian dude he befriended. Night had the type of persona that is common in today's hip-hop culture. I would read another Nelson George book!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: A quick read
Review: This is the first novel I read from this author. I read this page turner quickly. The author told a good hip story. I imagined "Night" to look like Tyson Beckford!! I thought the subplot and the main plot were brought together,a bit hastily, but well done. I expected more ironies involving BethAnn and the africian dude he befriended. Night had the type of persona that is common in today's hip-hop culture. I would read another Nelson George book!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Not bad at all.
Review: This was a pretty good book. The characters are real and the author did a good job letting us into their lives. I will read more by this author.
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Summary: Another Maintenance Man
Review: When I read the description of this book I could not wait to read it. Night Work is about a man name Night who wants to be a r&b singer by day but is a "maintenance man" to women by night. Sounds good right? Well, Night Work COULD have been a good novel if this same book was not done before a few years earlier by Michael Baisden. When I finally finished the book it left me feeling like "Is this it"? The murder plot was not that exciting either. Maintenance Man was a much better book.
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Summary: Another Maintenance Man
Review: When I read the description of this book I could not wait to read it. Night Work is about a man name Night who wants to be a r&b singer by day but is a "maintenance man" to women by night. Sounds good right? Well, Night Work COULD have been a good novel if this same book was not done before a few years earlier by Michael Baisden. When I finally finished the book it left me feeling like "Is this it"? The murder plot was not that exciting either. Maintenance Man was a much better book.
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Summary: The Freaks Come Out At Night
Review: Whodini once said "the freaks come out at night." Nelson George personifies Whodini's lyric in his latest novel, NIGHT WORK. The main character, with his self-imposed nickname of "Night," leads a life that is best kept behind closed doors and underneath the cloak of darkness. A gigilo, a "maintenance man," and an escort, Night has had his share of fulfilling fantasies and dreams of others, but grows restless with his circumstances. He wants to pursue his dream of not just a singer, but a vocal legend, a Luther, a Marvin, a Maxwell. But Night gets caught up in the "nightlife" that he is so deeply entrenched in when a supermodel comes to him for help. Night's family life also comes to a head when his highly resented father takes ill. George has written a highly charged novel about acceptance, change, and strength. NIGHT WORK is action-packed and full of surprises, much like his other novel Show & Tell. However, he has added a noir element to his latest release, and the result is sensational. Reviewed by CandaceK
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
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