Fannin' the Flames
Parry Brown. One World/Strivers Row, $21.95 (332pp) ISBN 978-0-345-46907-6
Prejudice and personal problems dog an all-minority L.A. fire-fighting squad in Parry ""Ebonysatin"" Brown's hardcover debut, Fannin' the Flames. While coping with increasingly offensive pranks-equipment sabotage, dead rats-the members of the team must also deal with problems at home. Lloyd's wife is planning to ask him for a divorce; Jerome's wife is seriously injured in a car accident; Mychel is bent on seducing Jerome. Brown skillfully addresses workplace issues and creates a cast of appealing, believable characters.
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Reviewed on: 06/01/2004
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 533 pages - 978-1-4104-0827-3
Mass Market Paperbound - 362 pages - 978-0-345-50125-7
Open Ebook - 247 pages - 978-0-307-52348-8
Paperback - 332 pages - 978-0-345-46943-4