Alec: A Novel

William di Canziox27s Alec, inspired by Maurice, E. M. Forsterx27s secret novel of a happy same-sex love affair, tells the story of Alec Scudder, the gamekeeper Maurice Hall falls in love with in Forsterx27s classic, published only after the authorx27s death. Di Canzio follows their story past the end of Maurice to the front lines of battle in World War I and beyond. Forster, who tried to write an epilogue about the future of his characters, was stymied by the radical change that the Great War brought to their world. With the hindsight of a century, di Canzio imagines a future for them and a past for Alec–a young villager possessed of remarkable passion and self-knowledge. Alec continues Forsterx27s project of telling stories that are part of x26#34;a great unrecorded history.x26#34; Di Canziox27s debut novel is a love story of epic proportions, at once classic and boldly new.

– ASIN: 0374102600 | ISBN13: 9780374102609 | ISBN-13: 978-0374102609