Book Review: ‘The Son Of Mr. Suleman: A Novel’ By Eric Jerome Dickey

Author Eric Jerome Dickey is a great author who passed away a few months ago and it’s a big loss for the writing community. He was a great writer and I have enjoyed his books for years. I got to interview him a few times in the last few years and it was always a highlight. His final book may be the best one yet he has written. It looks at the life of a black man in Memphis (and his extended family), who live on the poor side of town, have to deal with the police on their cases during the time of Donald Trump in 2019. For Professor Pi Suleman his family is everything to him. He loves his job but hasn’t gotten tenure (and has to put up a lot) and has to watch everything he does. He’s being sexually assualted by a rich wife female professor and she has threatened to go to the police if he doesn’t give in. On the night of a college party he meets Gemma, a black woman from London. They hit it off and soon they’re having hot sex and seeing each other on a regular basis. He soon learns his father, who he never knew and got his mother pregnant when she 15, has died. He has to go to LA and meet his family and hear the reading of his will, which will change his life and he will have to figure out how things will go forward with Gemma, his family and his job.

A powerful book on the life of a black man during Trump time and how living in the south takes it’s toll on him and his family. It’s rich in Black culture, steamy as Eric could write hot sex scenes and real-life events that make life at times hard on black people (which should never happen to anyone). Eric Jerome Dickey once again you be missed.

You can pick Up The Son Of Mr. Suleman in stores on Tuesday, April 20th from Dutton.