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Wando Passo is the passionate and elegantly written story that propels two related love triangles—one marriage unraveling in the present day, and another one shattered by the Civil War—to a simultaneous crescendo of betrayal, revenge, and redemption.
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David Payne is the author of four previous novels: Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street, which won the prestigious Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award, Early from the Dance, Ruin Creek, and Gravesend Light. He lives in North Carolina.
“A haunting portrait of the American South.” (Vanity Fair)
“Payne’s richly ornate Southern saga... fashions elaborate prose and touching characterization into an absorbing tale.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Astonishing...Masterfully interweaving contemporary and 19th century story lines, Payne crafts a tragic, suspenseful tale of necessity and desire.” (Lee Smith)
“A luscious, engaging, and heartfelt novel with plenty to say about individual responsibility and the legacy of slavery.” (Library Journal, Editor's Pick)
“BACK TO WANDO PASSO is a mystery story inside a history story; a supernatural, psychological roller coaster ride ...Delicious.” (Randall Kenan, author of A Visitation of Spirits and Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century)
“So bold in concept and audacious in scope that it seems like the summing up of a great writer’s career.” (Pat Conroy)
“The work of a master story teller who knows precisely what he wants to do ... First rate, original, and haunting.” (Craig Nova)
“A master fabulist, Payne hooks the reader like a wide-eyed catfish...a fine, twisty marvel.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
“Delicious...brilliant...held together by gorgeous writing...The most literate beach read of the year.” (Washington Post)
“Big in ideas, lush in its poetic text, large in its expansive reach through centuries...Payne is irresistible.” (The State (Columbia, MD))
“Payne’s richly ornate Southern saga... fashions elaborate prose and touching characterization into an absorbing tale.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Astonishing...Masterfully interweaving contemporary and 19th century story lines, Payne crafts a tragic, suspenseful tale of necessity and desire.” (Lee Smith)
“A luscious, engaging, and heartfelt novel with plenty to say about individual responsibility and the legacy of slavery.” (Library Journal, Editor's Pick)
“BACK TO WANDO PASSO is a mystery story inside a history story; a supernatural, psychological roller coaster ride ...Delicious.” (Randall Kenan, author of A Visitation of Spirits and Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century)
“So bold in concept and audacious in scope that it seems like the summing up of a great writer’s career.” (Pat Conroy)
“The work of a master story teller who knows precisely what he wants to do ... First rate, original, and haunting.” (Craig Nova)
“A master fabulist, Payne hooks the reader like a wide-eyed catfish...a fine, twisty marvel.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))
“Delicious...brilliant...held together by gorgeous writing...The most literate beach read of the year.” (Washington Post)
“Big in ideas, lush in its poetic text, large in its expansive reach through centuries...Payne is irresistible.” (The State (Columbia, MD))
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- PublisherBlackstone Pub
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0786172401
- ISBN 13 9780786172405
- BindingAudio CD
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