![]() ![]() 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.Īlec continues Forster’s project of telling stories that are part of “a great unrecorded history.” Di Canzio’s debut novel is a love story of epic proportions, at once classic and boldly new. 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. Forster’s secret novel of a happy same-sex love affair, tells the story of Alec Scudder, the gamekeeper Maurice Hall falls in love with in Forster’s classic, published only after the author's death.ĭi Canzio follows their story past the end of Maurice to the front lines of battle in World War I and beyond. William di Canzio’s Alec, inspired by Maurice, E. (Photo courtesy Macmillan Publishers) Di Canzio, a Philadelphia-based playwright and writing teacher, must have been inspired at least partly by personal experience. ![]() "Sackville imbues this character-driven historical drama with warmth, comfort, and a sense of optimism, especially during the story's darkest moments." - AudioFile Magazine Alec, by William di Canzio, was published on July 6 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ![]()
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