The book on Jack and his girfriends is here:
Toni
Tropic of Detroit, Vol. I. By Frank Bond Beaumier.
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The cover art has been painted and designed by the author himself. The
painting is on one of the women who has fascinated and obsessed the
writer. The same theme of women subjects is used to distinguish this
set of trilogy, in the next two books.
This is the story of how one man searches for sexual satisfaction,
finds it in many women, but is unable to come to terms with definite
measures to secure his source of sexual satisfaction.
The main protagonist thrashes himself in his throes of dilemma. He is
attracted to black women but lack the requisites to commit in a
long-term relationship to any black women. Just like any young man, he
faces internal unrest as he debates on his morals, mental, emotional
and physical securities. These are universal issues that affect the man
of then and the men and women of now who read his writing.
A humorous take from a certain angle is the dissertation on how to pick
up dates from any walk of life, while walking along any path in life.
If you need to pick up some good advice on dating, courtship, romance
and love, this book is very helpful.
There are many character portraits of the different female personality
types and pointers on how to deal with them.
Although it is un-intended, this book plays upon the various themes of
Black.
1) The black characters reflect little or no light upon the rationales
of their actions. They are so black.
2) The characters are soiled black from their actions and reactions to
their environment.
3) Some evil and wicked actions are black deeds.
4) The protagonist has gloomy black thoughts about his girlfriends.
5) There is presence of grimly satiric, black humor when the
protagonist pokes fun at himself.
6) Sometimes, the protagonist is frustrated and enraged and gives black
looks to his girlfriend.
7) When the protagonist quarrels with a girlfriend, he experiences a
black day of mental and emotional disaster.
This is also a book on the heritage of Blacks, their mentality, culture
and sexual orientation from the viewpoint of a white man who is often
obsessed by the sexuality of the black women.
Even without the color Black, many of the scenarios are applicable in
our multi-cultured society.
This series of books are named The Tropic Of Detroit because they show
how a struggling writer is affected by specified stimuli, namely, his
city, Detroit.
I greatly enjoyed reading the first two volumes in this trilogy and
can't wait to get started on the third and final closure to the
Tropics Of Detroit.
Reviewer:
Benjamin Francis.