Awards

• Short-listed for Gold Pen Awards (Contemporary Fiction) 2000
• Winner of Blackboard Book of the Year Awards (Fiction) 2000

Overview

Stephen loves 'em and leaves 'em, just like his daddy. Chante thinks she's found her dream man - until his wife and kids come banging on her door. Jake is a player - but after the booty call, he's left with bad dreams he just can't shake. Darnell is true to his wife...but the temptation is getting stronger every day. And, there is lots more going on besides in this street-savvy new novel from the bestselling author of Milk in My Coffee, Sister, Sister and Friends and Lovers.

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Another gem from one of America's most popular authors.

Wonderfully written...more than just a good beach read. Washington Post Book World What gives the book a compelling edge is the characters self-discovery...Thankfully, Dickey goes beyond the men are dogs and women are victims stereotype. USA Today Raw, street-savvy humor. Publishers Weekly As the title suggests, this is a book about dawgs. Not dogs, but d-a-w-g-s. Cheatin, lyin, no good, no- count, dirty lowdown mendawgs and womendawgs You can t read Cheaters without becoming an active participant. You easily find yourself turning a page, shaking your head, and tsk-tsking. Los Angeles Times Modern dating has become a world in which individuals play games to keep the upper hand. Eric Jerome Dickey explores these mores with verve. USA Today Each character s voice [is] smooth, unique and genuine. Washington Post Book World Cheaters not only makes readers examine their own behavior but keeps them laughing while doing so. Library Journal His storytelling skills are first-rate. Detroit Free Press Wrenching emotion he draws a tragic, romantic picture of love as both a panacea and a curse, an unavoidably painful pleasure. Durham Herald-Sun A generous helping of humor and a distinctly male viewpoint. Atlanta Journal and Constitution Dickey s fourth novel easily fulfills the expectations created by his earlier work and introduces a fresh sobriety to his talent for dialogue and character smoothly done. Kirkus Reviews

Dickey's fourth novel easily fulfills the expectations created by his earlier work (Milk in My Coffee, 1998, etc.) and introduces a fresh sobriety to his talent for dialogue and character in a tale of duplicitous love. His people are African-American Los Angelenos in their late 20's with advanced degrees, hard bodies, and substantial sexual appetites, making for plenty of bedroom gymnastics as the novel develops. Stephan, a software designer, lives by the creed his father taught him: Find 'em, Fool 'em, Fuck 'em, Forget 'em. Through the course of the story, he applies this quaint adage to Brittany, Toyomi, and Samantha, but is stopped cold by Chante, an accountant with a major firm, who captures his body and heart. The sex is great, but the two carry healing hearts into their affair, which makes for Dickey's most subtly written pages. The marriage of Darnell and Dawn, friends of Stephan's, is a close second: a lawyer with the FAA, Damell spends his evenings tapping out a novel while Dawn, hoping for a child, resents the intrusion of her husband's hobby into her plans. With Dawn's indifference to his art, Darnell is deeply attracted to Tammy, a friend of Chante's. In Stephan's life, Luke remains at the periphery, haunted by dreams of the aborted children that line the trail of Stephan's squiring; while from the sidelines of Chante's life, the celibate and insecure Karen lobs acid comments on her friends' sexual lives. In this dense and smoothly done work, each of the characters remains distinct, and heat is generated less by the crackling dialogue than by the inevitable clashes between their ideas about love, loyalty, and commitment. A thoughtful step forward for its author, Dickey's story depicts love as a world of hurt broken up by the hesitant joys available - here and there - to the experienced heart. (Kirkus Reviews)

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