Christopher Bram tells the story of Augustus Fitzwilliam Boyd, alias Dr. August, a clairvoyant pianist who communes with ghosts, and who finds meaning in his life through a strange love triangle with a righteous ex-slave and nervous white governess. Spanning the years between the Civil War and the early 1920's, this riveting and ambitious historical novel displays the immense talents of a prodigious, highly esteemed author working at the height of his powers.

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Christopher Bram is the author of eight other novels, including Gods and Monsters (originally titled Father of Frankenstein), which was made into an Academy Award-winning film. Bram was a 2001 Guggenheim Fellow and received the 2003 Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement. He lives in New York City.

Titel
The Notorious Dr. August
Untertitel
His Real Life And Crimes, A Novel
EAN
9780061871276
Format
E-Book (epub)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
27.02.2024
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Anzahl Seiten
512
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