CHEATERS

Eric Jerome Dickey writes tellingly about the love lives of Southern California's black Yuppies. In this foray, three intertwining stories are narrated by three possibly unreliable protagonists--a compulsive womanizer; an unhappily married lawyer tempted to stray; and a strong, beautiful woman attracted to the wrong men. The three actors impersonating these characters are merely adequate. Mercifully, they speak with much better diction than the typical young adults of L.A. Their cadences sound authentic. However, they perform woodenly, missing the humor and failing to engage the listener. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 02]