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The Illest

by Ran Walker
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The year is 1997, and Troy Dobbs has just graduated from Ellison-Wright College in Atlanta. For Troy's graduation gift, his Aunt Flo allows him to housesit her Brooklyn Heights brownstone for a month while she travels abroad. For the first week, things are cool and uneventful, but when a beautiful movie star shows up at his front door to return something she borrowed from his aunt, Troy's humdrum vacation is transformed into an adventure that he will never forget. The Illest is a novella with twists and turns that explore the vulnerabilities of getting to really know someone beyond the public facade.

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Fiction African American Fiction

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English

The year is 1997, and Troy Dobbs has just graduated from Ellison-Wright College in Atlanta. For Troy's graduation gift, his Aunt Flo allows him to housesit her Brooklyn Heights brownstone for a month while she travels abroad. For the first week, things are cool and uneventful, but when a beautiful movie star shows up at his front door to return something she borrowed from his aunt, Troy's humdrum vacation is transformed into an adventure that he will never forget. The Illest is a novella with twists and turns that explore the vulnerabilities of getting to really know someone beyond the public facade.

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Fiction African American Fiction