Move Over, Girl
A Novel
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Publisher Description
Tony Norris is a twenty-year-old college junior, a good-looking young man with a strong rap who puts as much time into studying women as he does into his courses. Freshman year, Tony was on top of his game-star athlete, steady girlfriend, living in the moment and loving every second. But when bottom falls out on his hoops career, Tony's playing field shifts from the hard wood of the basketball court to the soft, supple curves of the opposite sex. His relationships with women last as long as a Popsicle in the summer sun, and they're just as sticky. With each ensuing predicament, Tony's faced with more questions than satisfaction, and as the story unfolds, we find that Tony, and what he wants, is much more complex than his player image would lead us to believe.
Tony's amorous adventures play out against the free-flowing backdrop of college and his friendships with his boys-from Derrick, a football star who's figured out the whole relationship thing and doesn't understand why Tony hasn't, to Kwam, the loud-mouthed life of every party.
Tony's musings will have you laughing as author Brian Peterson takes you on an inner tour of a young man's mind in this fun debut novel by an exciting new voice in black male fiction. It's the next best thing to being in there.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
College junior Tony Norris kicks it with his crew, shoots hoop and gets it on with the ladies more often than he goes to class, but through all his carousing, he eventually gets around to learning the difference between sex and intimacy in this breezy coming-of-age story by first-time novelist Peterson. Like his buddies, Tony thinks he has it made: he's tall, good-looking and a member of the African-American elite: "we are young black men in demand--the chosen few, college educated, heterosexual." Tony decides to make the most of his gifts, by bedding every fly girl he encounters. The problem is that once the sex is over, Tony can hardly stand the sight of his conquests. Tony's three best friends are cool Derrick, organized Jay and live wire Kwam. Through this macho quartet Peterson captures the lingo, energy and bravado of young African-American men grappling with critical issues of manhood and maturity. This ambitious effort only occasionally bursts free from its dependence on limp clich s and repetitive, vague language, however. Peterson's writing at its best shows Tony talking himself through his emotions and negotiating the complex relationship between his Casanova image and his heart. Eventually, he begins to question his wham-bam version of the mating ritual, and this quandary is far more palatable than are his petty, endless complaints about the hopelessly imperfect women he seduces. If readers can wade through the meandering, mostly dull shallows of Tony's mind, they will find that the protagonist's voice occasionally rises to the surface with astute observations of African-American college life.
Customer Reviews
Great Book
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