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.

A reimagining and continuation of E. M. Forster's literary masterpiece Maurice, told from the gamekeeper Alec Scudder's perspective

About the Author
William di Canzio's plays have been staged in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Philadelphia; at Yale University and the O'Neill Theater Center; and at the National Constitution Center. Di Canzio has taught literature and writing at Smith College, Haverford College, and Yale University. Since 2013, he has taught in the Pennoni Honors College of Drexel University.


Book Information
ISBN 9781250849236
Author William di Canzio
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Picador USA
Publisher St Martin's Press
Weight(grams) 302g
Dimensions(mm) 209mm * 138mm * 29mm