of the strangest and quirkiest books I've read, I loved this book so much I named my son Tobias A rollicking tale of the natural and supernatural, . . and a guardian angel named Angie, Tobias has a metal plate in his head as a result of a WWI wound, The platecauses him to see and hear his guardian angel, But others can see Angie as well mainly females who find Angie irresistible, Angie is a lover even though the angel must borrow Tobias body for lovemaking, On a mission is to getting Tobias married to a cousin who will inherit millions, Angie takes Tobias on a wild, extravagant and erotic adventure during the Roaring Twenties that is certain to scandalize not a few readers.
I found it mostly nonsensical and rambling, Read back in thes Born in Augusta, Georgia to Rufus Garvin Yerby, an African American, and Wilhelmina Smythe, who was caucasian, He graduated from Haines Normal Institute in Augusta and graduated from Paine College in, Thereafter, Yerby enrolled in Fisk University where he received his Masters degree in, In, Yerby entered the University of Chicago to work toward his doctorate but later left the university, Yerby taught briefly at Florida AM University and at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Frank Yerby rose to fame as a writer of popular fiction tinged with a distinctive southern flavor, Inhe became the first African American to publish a best seller with The Foxes of Harrow, That same year he also became the first African American t Born in Augusta, Georgia to Rufus Garvin Yerby, an African American, and Wilhelmina Smythe, who was caucasian.
He graduated from Haines Normal Institute in Augusta and graduated from Paine College in, Thereafter, Yerby enrolled in Fisk University where he received his Master's degree in, In, Yerby entered the University of Chicago to work toward his doctorate but later left the university, Yerby taught briefly at Florida AM University and at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Frank Yerby rose to fame as a writer of popular fiction tinged with a distinctive southern flavor, Inhe became the first African American to publish a best seller with The Foxes of Harrow, That same year he also became the first African American to have a book purchased for screen adaptation by a Hollywood studio, whenth Century Fox optioned Foxes.
Ultimately the book became aOscar nominated film starring Rex Harrison and Maureen O'Hara, Yerby was originally noted
for writing romance novels set in the Antebellum South, In mid century he embarked on a series of best selling novels ranging from the Athens of Pericles to Europe in the Dark Ages, Yerby took considerable pains in research, and often footnoted his historical novels, In all he wrotenovels, sitelink.