Eight Days a Week

Johnnie Ray Rousseau, twenty-two years old, small, slim but well honed, black and gay, is a pop singer by night and a secretary in a law firm by day. From a rather ordinary looking child he has grown into a beautiful looking young man. He has never really had a true love affair, but when he meets the tall blond-haired Keith Keller, a successful banker with the muscular build of a footballer he recognises for the first time what love really is. Keith is equally smitten. But will the big homely early-to-bed banker and the little flirtatious nocturnal singer really be able to hold things together? Eight Days a Week is a heart-warming love story; the two men are besotted with one another, and they truly hit it off between the sheets, the descriptions are graphic and endearing. It is an absolute joy to read, at times hilarious; Larry Duplechan writes with considerable style and a great turn of phrase - not to be missed.

I read this book for the first time in the mid 1980's, and have reread it several times since. It's a gently humorous and poignant tale of a gay black singer named Johnny Ray Russeau and his search for love and fame in 80's Los Angeles. Mr. Duplechan is a heartfelt and insightful writer and his characters feel very real. One of my very favorites and I recommend it highly.