Hellified

Hellified

by Traey Grant

Visao Press, October 1999

$13.95, ISBN 0-9672836-0-4

Novelist Tracy Grant exposes readers to the depth of black male camaraderie in his debut release. Grant chronicles the experiences of Georgetown University student Troy Harris as he muddles his way through his freshman year. Troy, a displaced New Yorker, arrives in DC by way of Maryland, where he lived with his mother for two years following her attempts to prepare him for college. Despite his attendance at a pre-college summer session aimed at members of the City Scholars program, Troy finds it difficult to part with his mother in the fall. His reluctance is heightened by his …