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The Fever
Dark
Pocket Star
July 2007
On Sale: June 26, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 141654738X
EAN: 9781416547389
Mass Market Paperback
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Romance | Contemporary | Multicultural African-American
A story about how Money + Celebrity = Sex.
And always will.
it's the summer of 1990. New jack swing has taken hold.
Dark, an ambitious music manager who knows his way around
the scene, seeks out an unknown singer to become the next
R&B star. He finds moldable clay in Brian Barnes, a kid
from the projects who briefly tasted fame as a teenaged
member of a Jackson Five imitation quintet. After some
grooming in and out of the studio, Dark makes a deal with
Sony and Brian's first single shoots to the top of the
charts. Not wanting to lose momentum, Brian and Dark set off
together on a promotional tour across the country, hitting
the Penn Relays, Freaknik in Atlanta, and juke joints in
North Carolina until they finally arrive in L.A. for the
Soul Train Awards. Along the way, the two men engage in
their own sexual Olympics, indulging in a parade of
groupies, horny co-eds, and self-interested starlets.
Brian -- the newly baptized Busy B of R&B -- has fallen
victim to the Fever, that unique combination of ego, sex
addiction, and fame that has claimed many other soul
singers. As Brian's behavior becomes more and more bizarre, Dark
stays busy shielding his star from the scorn of the
girlfriend left behind and a mother yearning for her own
piece of the spotlight. Trouble mounts when Brian begins
to mistrust his management -- Dark -- after the fever of
fame has clouded his mind and body. Inspired by true
stories about the rich and famous, this novel's insider
tales of drugs, lies, prostitutes, and pay-offs is the
most revealing look at life on the road yet written.
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