Jesse develops into 'the darling of the congregation,' with talk of him entering the ministry. He makes a flimsy pass at his friend Fraser, thinking he's gay, suggesting they run away and share a flat together: 'I'd be like your girlfriend. I'd look after ya.' Now outed, the church 'disfellowships' him.
Jesse flees from his family to London, where in order to survive, he becomes an in-demand rent boy, esteemed for his capable sexual skills (i.e. no gag reflex), especially servicing older white daddies. He starts to live on his own terms, which includes unprotected sex and degrading encounters, as he searches for a white savior, even rejecting other black men as clients.Īll his early sexual encounters are rooted in shame and humiliation. The intense sex described here is raunchy, explicit -almost like reading pornography- and after a while these scenes become repetitive (perhaps intentionally). He is abused and assaulted, with tricks projecting their demeaning racial stereotypes onto him.
