EThe indulgent, excessive, and unabashedly seductive eighties set the scene for author-screenwriter-critic Nelson George's second novel-an unapologetic look at life in the music industry's fast lane. George serves up a twenty-year slice from the life of Derek Harper-an r&b purist and struggling songwriter trying to sell soul without selling his soul. In the shark tank of the early-eighties music biz-where hip-hop is making killer waves, wannabe stars and predatory execs cruise relentlessly for hits-Derek trades devotion to Curtis Mayfield for the less-than-holy trinity of women, money, and fame. SEDUCED leads us to what one critic aptly dubs the fascinating, forbidden locker room known as the black male psyche. In doing so, Nelson George (a sort of black Tom Wolfe-Houston Chronicle) and his hero (a male version of a Terry McMillan heroine-Toure) reveal nothing less than a generation's tragicomic affair with sex, success, and stardom | Seduced by Nelson George, Paperback | Indigo Chapters