Sweetmeats: Children aren't born with prejudice, they get it from adults. - Paperback

by Lew Bull (Author)

Sweetmeats is a gay coming-out romance set in a country filled with gender and racial discrimination. It is the story of a young Indian boy, Raj, who finds himself in love with a White boy in a society that discourages such behavior. The novel is filled with humor, pathos and unconditional love seen through Raj's eyes and guided by his favourite aunt who advises him that, "So long as you have love in your life, you'll be happy, and if you don't, then you must at least have hope, because without hope, you are dead." Just as sweetmeats, the title of this novel, are small, colourful cakes, each with a different flavour and texture, so the characters in the novel make up the colourful and richly textured people of Raj's community. For anyone who has ever been discriminated against, this is a must read book.

Author Biography

LEW BULL has now had 11 books published by Nazca Plains. This novel adds to his collection of novels titled, Power Buddies; Wet, Wild & Willing; The Bonds of Friendship; Caribbean Cruising; Memoirs of a Hustler; Shadows and Rough Cut. Added to these are his two anthologies, one of exotic cocktail recipes accompanied by equally erotic stories entitled, Cocktales and the other, Mystique. His novel Wet, Wild & Willing was nominated for the 2008 National Leather Association (International) writing award. Other recent anthologies that contain his work include, Cruise Lines; Taken By Force; Boys Will Be Boys; Don't Ask, Don't Tie Me Up - Military BDSM Fantasies; Service with a Smile; Pretty Boys & Roughnecks; Special Forces and Sex Time-Travel. He is involved in education and lives in Johannesburg, South Africa where he enjoys spending time with his partner of thirty-four years and traveling as often as he can.