Decadence by Eric Jerome Dickey

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Eric Jerome Dickey
• Title: Decadence
• Publisher: ‎ Dutton Books
• Publication Date: April 23, 2013
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover ‏w/Library Binding – 358 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0525953833
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0525953838
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.35 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.25 x 1.2 x 9.50 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (Former library book; may include the markings and stickers associated from the library. May show some minor discoloration on page edges). 
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (Plastic Library Dust Jacket)

Synopsis:

New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey returns to the life of Nia Simone Bijou (of Pleasure fame) as she embarks on a quest to enhance her artistic gifts through heightened sensory experience, Hollywood-style.

Four years have passed since the events of Pleasure, and Nia’s success as a writer has grown, bringing her from Atlanta to Los Angeles. But she remains on a quest to quiet her inner storm, to draw on her well of emotions and explore them fully before leaving this season of her life and moving on to what could be the next stage: marriage and motherhood.

Drawn to an exclusive pleasure palace, where patrons try on roles as they actively shun their respective realities, Nia’s ability to balance truth and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred. What has happened to the compartments she has so carefully created for the different aspects of her life? Will her relationship with the mysterious, often unavailable Prada survive the countless temptations? Will her successful literary career be given over to impulse indulgence? Does decadence know any bounds?

When Nia’s past comes back to mingle with her present, and when her staid public persona clashes with her fantasy life of decadence, readers will be stunned by the outcome. Eric Jerome Dickey’s newest tale of excess—and its sky-high costs—is a thrilling portrait of a glittering world.

About the Author:

Eric Jerome Dickey (1961 – 2021) was the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of 29 novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther.

His works, almost all with Dutton, include Sister, Sister (honored as one of Essence’s “50 Most Impactful Black Books Of The Last 50 Years”); Milk in My Coffee; the Gideon series; and Liar's Game, Thieves' Paradise, The Other Woman, and Genevieve (all nominated for NAACP Image Awards); as well as The Son of Mr. Suleman.

His 2014 novel, A Wanted Woman, won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work.