Soul City

Soul City -by Toure

This is the most descriptive writing I havethat I have read in a long time.the characters or so colorful and unique.The description os Sould City actually jumps off the page and becomes so real.
.I love how he describes the biscuit shop.And you can hear the music
on th streets of Soul City as if you are actually there.Toure is a briiiant author.I am a mother of 6 I never get a chance to sit down and finish a book.This is a must read could not put it down.

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I love this book!

The storyline had me reading until I was done. I like the way he had the characters doing all these things that had my imagination running wild. I am going to get his other book also! This was like the first book I have read in like 4 years which seems bad being I am 25. GREAT READ!

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Soul City

I just finished ¿Soul City¿ by Toure¿s .A very detailed fictional story. ¿Soul City¿ was not very interesting to me. Even though it was and creative it gave away too much information. I like suspenseful tragic writers that are down to earth. Toure¿s is just an up beat out of this universe kind of guy.
Soul City is where all the action takes place, full of music dancing memory filled biscuits it¿s just crazy. There are music cars and very interesting street names. Still there are almost no white people. Soul City has to make a very important decision, the next mayor. The mayor of the city doesn¿t make any legal decisions they simply pick the music that is played on the city streets. The main character of this great story is Cadillac a reporter for the chocolate city newspaper. He is supposed to be writing an article about the election but gets caught in amusement and love. He first sees this dj at the biscuit shop and stares into space like love at first sight this could mess with his article.
When Cadillac finally decides to talk to her he asks her for an interview and she unhappily agrees. They get into her Billy mobile and drive to lunch where she finds some unusual feelings of her own. Cadillac needed some time to himself and visited the great landmarks of the city.
Toure¿s¿ writing is so detailed and new it is hard to understand. It¿s so clear but so unusual. I recommend this book to many colored people because it can open a new world of culture to most. I wasn¿t happy with the ending because I prefer tragedies then happy endings.

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Exhilarating allegorical tale

Chocolate City Magazine sends journalist Cadillac Jackson on the soul train to write a short piece on the mayoral election in Soul City. Though his assignment is expected to last three days, Cadillac has ambitions that only residents of the City would have; he plans to write the definitive book on the city with more Mojo than any other in the world. In his opinion others have tried to explain the heart of Soul City, but all have failed................................ Cadillac observes the mayoral race in which the parties serve up their musical platforms, but also sees the undercurrent of antagonism between the rivals in what is the supposed African-American utopia. He sees, hears and tastes the true culture and feels his heart go into palpitations when he meets resident Mahogany Sunflower. However, as Cadillac falls in love, he also realizes evil is undercutting the value of being a black man as thugs, like serpents in Eden, and a billionaire business bogie threaten the well being of the proud black culture tearing at the soul that makes Soul City dance to its own drummer............................... SOUL CITY is an exhilarating allegorical tale that satirizes racial stereotypes through hyperbole. The effervescent well written story line contains an intriguing comparison of a pure ¿cornbread¿ society through the eyes of a white toasted outsider. Ironically, the overstatement jabs the message into the reader¿s face without the swift subtly of A Modest Proposal, but also hooks the audience with its strong spirit to embrace difference............................... Harriet Klausner

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