This Time Around

By Brent Dorian Carpenter

Book Overview

In Egyptian mythology, the phoenix was a legendary bird of unspeakable beauty, unique of its kind, which lived in the desert and then consumed itself by fire, rising again from its ashes as a paragon... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403319227
• ISBN13: 9781403319227
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: 1st Book Library
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Brent you were correct. Thanks, Paris

THIS BOOK BLEW ME AWAY!!! I could not stop reading. This was the first book by a black gay man that I have read that did not start off with MY GRANDMOTHER... THANKS BRENT FOR CUTTING THE APRON STRINGS AND JUST BEING A BLACK GAY WRITER OF EXCELLENT FICTION. To this day, I have a strong feeling that you were the main charactor/s. Not to give the plot away. You drew me into the book and you brung to life the people, the history, the love real between black gay men, and touch of comedy. Your blend of history, science, and current events we superb. I'm in love with "Old Terry". The copy of the book you signed for me in Atlant is no longer in my presence but I found you now. I'm buying the hard copy and hope that one day you and I will meet again and you can sign the new book. Thanks for being who you are. One Love Paris D. Marcel Oakland

Interesting journey

I started reading the book on the plane to Europe (how ironic) and just couldn't put it down. Right away, the plot struck me as very original, interesting and full of surprises (reflecting author's deep imagination). I just wanted to read on to find out what were going to happen next and how it all came together (or fell apart). I was impressed by the writer's ability to intertwine history with the future, fiction with facts always maintaining great respect for details, focus and accuracy. The author successfully attempted taking a less-than-traditionally-mainstream theme into the main focus providing subject matter to entrain, educate and - equally important - push readers' buttons.What made this book stand out from the others is the attention-grabbing content, taking the reader on an adventurous and - what may appear in the beginning - innocent journey, combined with the brutal historic events and controversial science-fiction outcomes. Finally, basing the story around the gay and black/African motifs only added to the originality of this novel.