Overview
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
Cast
Coleman Silk
Faunia Farley
Lester Farley
Nathan Zuckerman
Young Coleman Silk
Steena Paulsson
Mr. Silk
Nelson Primus
Mrs. Silk
Ernestine
Iris Silk
Psychologist