In my father's house
By: E. Lynn Harris.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780312541910
Subjects: Modeling agencies -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Sexual orientation -- Fiction; Miami (Fla.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: Before he died last year (2009), Harris wrote this first installment to a projected series about a bisexual owner of a Miami modeling agency. Bentley L. Dean III runs the Picture Perfect modeling agency in South Beach. His father, a homophobic Detroit millionaire, disowned him after he broke off an engagement and had an affair with a male TV sports reporter, and though the agency's been a success, the recession has taken a big bite out of Bentley's business. Strapped for cash, he reluctantly agrees to supply gay, bi or very open-minded eye candy for a VIP party hosted by Prosperity Gentleman's Club, which is run by Emperor Seth Sinclair, a closeted gay celebrity. When Jah, an 18-year-old student Bentley's been mentoring, covers for a no-show model and begins an affair with Seth, big trouble looms. Harris's wry tale about second chances highlights what readers have long loved about his work: his ability to depict the pursuit of love and self-respect, regardless of societal and family pressures. -Publishers Weekly