Four Guys and Trouble
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Publisher Description
Another hip and hilarious, sexy and wise novel about relationships from the bestselling author of Good Peoples.
Best friends since their college days, Ibn, Colin, Michael, and Dexter share something unusual in common: Her name is Erika—"Bunches" to her friends. She's the kid sister of a friend who died, and the four buddies have promised to look out for her. But now she's all grown up-a twenty-four-year-old knockout of a medical student who's arousing some not-so-sisterly feelings in the brothers. When one of them acts on those feelings, they will all-including Erika-discover how far they're willing to go in the name of friendship, loyalty, and love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
If you guessed Major's (Good Peoples) second novel would be just another "brotha-friend" saga, you guessed right but it's one of the better entries in the genre, crafted with a sense of style, insight, fun and a twist. A typical cast of four African-American male buddies live in a hothouse of sex, temptation, betrayal and false machismo. The friends Colin, Mike, Dexter and Ibn are a cross-section of black manhood, each with his own strengths and weaknesses, most of the latter manifested in their relationships with women. The young men have sworn to look after Erika, sister of a recently deceased friend, but lust lurks just below the surface as the 24-year-old medical student comes into her own as a woman. Ibn, the womanizer of the group, is comfortably established with his lover, Tiffany, in an exclusive neighborhood yet his roving eye keeps getting him into trouble. Health-conscious Dexter has found God after getting his steady, Denise, pregnant, and prays steadfastly for a miscarriage. The other two guys, Colin and Mike, are seeking to solve problems with their relationships as well, wondering if their pals are right to tease them about their timid ways with women. Major, unlike many of his fellow writers, is careful to pepper his melodrama with thoughtful discussions of serious contemporary social issues such as unwanted pregnancies and parental responsibility, making his points without excessive preaching. Entertaining, hip and charming but often as sexist as its title and slight where it shouldn't be Major's sophomore effort works best when he takes the reader into his characters' inner worlds and relies less on extended dialogue.
Customer Reviews
Love Marcus Major!
I stumbled upon some of Marcus Major's writing in the Got To Be Real book with three other authors. Since then I have made a point to read the rest if his books & they are all great! His stories make you laugh & really get to know the characters. This is his second book & I was not disappointed!
Decent
This book started of kinda slow in my opinion. The writing style is very predictable and the plot it somewhat juvenile. Overall it was decent and I would recommend it.