Alec Alec

Alec

A Novel

    • 4.5 • 39 Ratings
    • $11.99

Publisher Description

William di Canzio’s Alec, inspired by Maurice, E. M. 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.

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 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.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2021
July 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
2.4
MB

Customer Reviews

Patosaurus15 ,

Most excellent 👏

I had seen the movie Maurice a few days ago and was absolutely enthralled by the characters ( and of course Alec). I was even more thrilled when I found there was a sequel novel. The story was brilliantly written and the author clearly knew the characters and setting well enough. I found myself smiling, tearing up, and turning the pages rapidly for the last few nights. If you’ve seen the Maurice movie or read the novel I HIGHLY recommend picking this up too

VBguy1006 ,

This is a timeless story

The lives depicted in this book are universal. It’s the morals of the times that are small. A well written read that captured me. How can love possibly prevail not only against society but a world war and separation? Having read and seen Maurice this takes a story a while different level and with some satisfaction. This kept me guessing and This will be a favorite

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