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- Verlag: Random House Audio; Auflage: Unabridged (18. Juli 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0553502530
- ISBN-13: 978-0553502534
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 18 x 11,3 x 3,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (58 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.319.389 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Set in New York in the closing months of 1999, E. Lynn Harris's tightly plotted Not a Day Goes By bears all the outward markers of a romance by Danielle Steel or Jackie Collins--wealth, glamour, sex, and intrigue--except that the two main characters are more like the wily villains of a Dynasty remake. John "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. "Especially when I was naked," Basil confides, "My ass was perfect and my jimmie was both long and thick." 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 self-absorption and cunning. (Instead of attending her 10-year high school reunion, Yancey sent signed photos of herself and press packets.) Basil feels that his love has rescued him from the shallow life of a player, and he allows himself to believe that she is a good person, and that when they marry, she'll settle down a little and provide him with children. Yancey cares for Basil, too, but her career comes first. After that, sex and money. Babies aren't even on the list.
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. Meanwhile, Basil, that pillar of integrity, listens in silence. The deal is scotched when Zurich announces that he has been interviewed for an article on gay men in professional athletics. When Basil asks him why he is coming out, Zurich tells him about another young quarterback who tried to run from his sexuality by getting married. The day of the wedding, he shot himself. "As Zurich told the story," Basil recounts,
I could picture the young man and for a brief moment felt the pain he was struggling with. I had been there. But it had never gotten to the point where I wanted to kill myself. If I could have talked to Milo I would have told him, "Roll with it young brother.... There is a way to have your cake and ice cream, too."Suffice it to say that after a series of delicious plot twists and acts of increasing wickedness, it becomes clear that Basil and Yancey are too damaged to save each other. Although the characters in his sixth novel are somewhat two dimensional and his prose a little flat, E. Lynn Harris can manipulate a story line with the skill of an Eagle Scout earning his badge in knotmaking. Don't start this page-turner if you don't have six or seven free hours in which to read it straight through. --Regina Marler -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
From Library Journal
Has enticing football star John "Basil" Harrington met his match in ambitious Broadway star Yancey Harrington Baxton? Will their power wedding come off? Pick up Harris's latest to find out.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
E. Lynn Harris has done a great job with this one. I literally could not put this one down. It wasn't what I expected at all but I was impressed with the way things went for the characters. I felt for the main character and all the up and downs that went with it, but this only leaves it open for him to do more in the future. Thanks again E. Lynn Harris
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I only read one previous E. Lynn Harris book (can't remember which one) and enjoyed it. This seemed a lot less serious than the other one. It reminded me of Sidney Sheldon, only shorter. The bad guys went over the top toward the end, which seems to be the standard in this type of book (come on . . . attempted murder?) but it was fun, if predictable (how many of you knew what was coming next when Yancey asked her ex why his sister wouldn't continue taking care of the baby?) I was actually glad it wasn't too long, because I was determined to finish it quick so I could find out what happened!
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I was surprised when I heard that E Lynn Harris would be releasing a new book. So I immediately put the book on hold so that I would not have to be disappointed when the book store ran out. I was instantly pleased when I opened the book and was still enjoying it long after I finished it. It makes you long for more from Basil and Yancey. Although my favorite character of his is Raymond, I was loving his new ones, Nico and Brison. They were a contrast to Basil to both extremes. Everyone who wants this book, should begin with Harris' first book, "Invisible Life".
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Great Reading!
This is one of the best books that I have read in awhile. I was anxiously awaiting this book & the main characters Yancy and Basil didn't let me down. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. August 2000 von Regina Carlisle-Willilams
Leave you wanting more!
Mr. Harris has done it again with Basil and the trials and errors in his life. But Mr.Harris makes you long for more of Basil and if he will ever find what he is looking for. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. August 2000 von Jcsweetness
BARBI'S DAYS GONE BY
I THROUGHLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. I READ THIS BOOK IN ONE DAY - I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. IT IS VERY FAST-PACED. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 31. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Worth the Wait!
I thought this book was great. It focused on my two favorite characters. Thought the book was a short, easy read, but there is a lot of stuff going on. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 31. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
"A DAY GOES BY" very quickly!
NOT A DAY GOES BY was a fitting ending to the Basil Henderson-Yancy Braxton relationship where the big payoff was not in the malicious throwing of barbs and blackmail that I was... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Juli 2000 von Blackworm
You GO BOY!
E.Lynn didn't let me down! I was kind of apprehensive about buying this book... because I thought that maybe it would be "the same ole story" in a new cover! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Juli 2000 von "melissafaith"
Perfect for the summer (and the other 3 seasons, too)
Mr. Harris has out done himself, if that was humanly possible. The tortured saga of Basil and Yancey was incredibly moving and gripping. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Juli 2000 von Catherine Mims
Excellent Read
I loved this book and would recommend it to others who enjoyed the author's other books. If you have been hanging on the edge of your seat, waiting for Basil and Yancey to get... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Another Great Story
I am a fan of all the E. Lynn books since the beginning and he wrote a great book again. I hated when I got the book and saw how small it was of course I was done with it in two... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. Juli 2000 von Ro
Not A Days Go By
Excellent but too short. This one in particular was a steady quick read. I will say- E Lynn attempted to give Basil some true balls but it back slipped/(I liked this) Reading this... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Juli 2000 von zilly smith
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