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Review: Love, loss and racism in The Son of Mr. Suleman
This cover image released by Dutton shows The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey. (Dutton via AP)
Published May 09. 2021 12:01AM
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“The Son of Mr. Suleman,” Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton)
By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN Associated Press
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This cover image released by Dutton shows The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey. (Dutton via AP)
“The Son of Mr. Suleman,” the final novel by the late Eric Jerome Dickey, is the profound story of Professor Pi Suleman, a Black man living in Memphis who, in 2019, must constantly navigate a world governed by Trump-supporting white supremacists. His colleagues where he is an adjunct professor are constantly making racist comments, and his career hangs in the balance due to threats from a high-powered professor who both assaults him and blackmails him.
Amidst all of this, Pi meets the captivating Gemma Buckingham. As he is falling madly in love with her, he learns that his estranged father, a world-renowned author, has died.
Sins of the father
Terri Schlichenmeyer | Bookworm Sez
The sins of the father shall be visited upon the son.
That’s what’s said, that a son pay for his father’s misdeeds. But maybe the old man didn’t intend to leave a negative legacy. Maybe he tried his best, but something went wrong. Maybe, as in the new novel
The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey, Pops meant well.
Adjunct Professor Pi Suleman didn’t want to be at his employer’s event. He had better things to do, better places to be than a room at UAN. But his boss the white woman who hired him, the wife of a powerful judge demanded that he be there or else.
Molly Sprayregen
This cover image released by Dutton shows The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey. (Dutton via AP) April 20, 2021 - 6:24 AM
âThe Son of Mr. Suleman,â Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton)
âThe Son of Mr. Suleman,â the final novel by the late Eric Jerome Dickey, is the profound story of Professor Pi Suleman, a Black man living in Memphis who, in 2019, must constantly navigate a world governed by Trump-supporting white supremacists. His colleagues where he is an adjunct professor are constantly making racist comments, and his career hangs in the balance due to threats from a high-powered professor who both assaults him and blackmails him.
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