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The son of Mr. Suleman  Cover Image Book Book

The son of Mr. Suleman / Eric Jerome Dickey.

Summary:

"Professor Pi Suleman is a black man from Memphis and proud of it. Still, he has to endure a lot as an adjunct professor at the city's prestigious University Along the Nile, a hard-earned career that is crushing his spirit. Pi is constantly forced to bite his tongue in the face of one of his tenured colleague's prejudice and microaggressions. At the same time, he's being blackmailed by a powerful UAN professor who threatens to claim he has assaulted her; he is unable to reveal that she is actually sexually violating him, trapped in a he-said-she-said with a white woman that, in this society, Pi knows he will never win"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781524745233
  • ISBN: 1524745235
  • Physical Description: 544 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2021]
Subject: College teachers > Fiction.
African American men > Fiction.
Racism > United States > Fiction.
Extortion > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Sex crimes > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Genre: Social problem fiction.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Emmaus Public Library FIC DICKEY, ERIC JEROME (Text) 36446002037037 Adult Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library FIC DIC (Text) 33400001512642 Adult Fiction Available -
Palmerton Area Library F D55 (Text) 65000000037715 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: "Professor Pi Suleman is a black man from Memphis and proud of it. Still, he has to endure a lot as an adjunct professor at the city's prestigious University Along the Nile, a hard-earned career that is crushing his spirit. Pi is constantly forced to bite his tongue in the face of one of his tenured colleague's prejudice and microaggressions. At the same time, he's being blackmailed by a powerful UAN professor who threatens to claim he has assaulted her; he is unable to reveal that she is actually sexually violating him, trapped in a he-said-she-said with a white woman that, in this society, Pi knows he will never win"--

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