Night Work

Nelson George has written another page turner. This book was truly moving from beginning to end. I felt his emmotions throughout the book. I'm looking forward to his nrxt book. Great work!!

Night is a dark, sexy smooth operator and he knows it. He works the nigh shift, In the darkness of New York City he earns his living pleasuring rich white women and some men if the price is right, but no.. Night is not gay. He entertains in the form of a dancer, a model,personal trainer even Miles Davis - yes Miles Davis as per request from one of his clients he dons a Miles mask. He does whatever when the sun goes down but this dark, sexy pimp has a gift above the belt too, the brotha can sing and all he really wants is a record deal and Beth Ann, a beautiful supermodel, until he finds out that Beth Ann isn't so super and is deep in debt to some nasty drug dealers. Just when it looks like he might get his big shot at a record deal Beth Ann asks him for help and he helps her move a large amount of Ecstasy. If that is not bad enough, one of his clients is found murdered and all fingers seem to point his way. Through this narrative novel of Night you meet an Intelligent dreamer looking to find the light and come out the darkness he dwells in. A man who worries deeply about his little sister,struggles with issues from a strained relationship with his father. Night is charmer who wants to be at the top of the charts, he'd rather be singing" Between the Sheets" than crawling under them.Nelson has created a smooth operator who finds himself all pimped out looking for his future, a smart, sexy mystery about the underground darkness of New York City through the eyes of Night....

I was looking for something to read for my plane trip a few weeks ago, so I picked this up. I always gravitate to Nelson George novels, as well as fiction about 'subcultures'. So this book was most definitely a perfect fit. I knew the protagonist, Night, was full of bu-ull when justifying his job as getting back at "the man." But by the middle of the book, not only did I understand where he was coming from, I felt he encompassed the valid feelings most Black men (esp. dark-skinned) have about being objectfied and always suspect.

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 CandaceKof The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

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.