At first he resists, but soon he is tempted-tempted to understand a set of codes that has always eluded him, tempted by the opportunity to understand the secret ways of white folks.Ĭharles's summer with a man in his basement turns into an exploration of inconceivable worlds of power and manipulation, and unimagined realms of humanity. Anniston has some very particular requests for his landlord, and try as he might, Charles cannot avoid being lured into Bennet's strange world. Once Anniston Bennet is installed in his basement, Charles is cast into a role he never dreamed of. But financial necessity leaves him no choice. There is something deeper and darker about his request, and Charles does not need any more trouble. But Charles Blakey is black and Anniston Bennet is white, and it is clear that the stranger wants more than a basement view. The beautiful house has been in the Blakey family for generations, but Charles has just lost his job and is behind on his mortgage payments. The stranger offers him $50,000 in cash to spend the summer in Charles's basement, and Charles cannot even begin to guess why.
The man at Charles Blakey's door has a proposition almost too strange for words.
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