Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Basil’s Inconsistent and Unpredictable Personality in Harris’s Not A Day Goes By A Psychological Analysis

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Synopsis of The Novel Not A Day Goes By

Following a string of bestselling novel featuring plots that mix romance,
deception, betrayal and bisexuality, E.Lynn Harris scores again with the muchanticipated return of two of his most popular characters. When John ‘Basil’
Henderson, ex-football player and sports agent on the rise, falls in love with
haughty, ambitious Broadway star, Yancey Harrington Braxton. It seems like
perfect match. They already arrange a wedding day, but Yancey arrives in Basil’s
life at a critical moment, when his football career is over and he’s therapy
examining his homosexual past. He’s entranced by gorgeous, stylish Yancey,
especially because she looks so good on his arm, but though he feels true admiration
and love, Basil also still pines for men. Determined to marry, have children, and
keep his homosexual as a secret, Basil doesn’t realize that Yancey has a few secret
of her own. Her one true love from her college days appears, with their daughter
that she threw away. Some secrets of Yancey make Basil doesn’t want to marry
Yancey again and back to his homosexual past.
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