Title: Who’s Yehoodi? The Man that wasn’t there
Author: Sam Selvaggio
Publisher: Solstice Publishing
Pages: 296
Type/Format: Paperback (Gifted) (Owned)
Rating: 5/5
TW/CW: War, Racism, Racial Slurs, Violence, violence against family
‘Who’s Yehoodi’? was a fantastic novel set in Harlem in the 1940’s in the height of racial controversy and war. The novel is based around 4 friends: Spits, Billy Salts, Nate King, and Benjamin Franklin (Cash). Since they were young kids, surviving and being there for each other was always a thing amongst them. Since the day Spits saved Billy from a bully, they’ve been inseparable. Like every teenager, the boys find themselves in a serious situations that are going to change the course of their lives as they transition into young men. As the young men navigate through the next few years of their lives, Cash’s father, Carl, decides to train his son for the next six years on everything about the streets. Carl, a former hustler himself, has a lot to educate his son on. Survival being the most important of them all.
After the boys finished and graduated HS and College, the real test starts for them. They enlist in the white man’s military. It is there that the young men start to realize how unwelcome they truly are. The racism is evident and shown as soon as they step food on grounds. Even though the young men come with amazing credentials and educational backgrounds, the military wasn’t having it. To them, they were outsiders and didn’t belong. The military made sure to let them know that every single day that they are there. as days passed by, the men started to realize the real intentions of the military and they knew just what to do about it.Life outside of the military wasn’t a piece of cake either. Billy, Nate, and Cash decided to go into business together back at their stomping grounds in Harlem. Everything was falling apart and the captain from the local Police Department (Captain Strauss) was making things even worse. After much digging, Cash realized this is a whole lot worse than they expected. They were going to need all the manpower they could to help out Harlem.
‘Who’s Yehoodi’? kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time I was reading it. The author did an amazing job depicting every single scene. Towards the end there definitely was anxiety about everything would end, and it’s safe to say that I’m anxiously waiting for the sequel of this book. I want to give a huge thank you to Sam for reaching out and gifting me a book in exchange for an honest review.
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