Satisfied with Nothin': A Novel

This is the story of Jamie Ray Griffin a young black man who by virtue of his talent on the football field finds himself suddenly thrust into a white world full of privilege temptation and never-before-imagined possibility. Encouraged by the facade of acceptance from the white community Jamie strives to succeed but finds himself thwarted at every turn -- by whites and blacks alike. Satisfied with Nothin chronicles Jamies development from a naive unsophisticated teen to a hard-driving cynical adult determined to succeed despite the opposition of whites the complacency of blacks and his own tragic fate. In doing so it provides a powerful and important portrait of the black experience in post-segregation America.