Back to Wando Passo - Hardcover

Payne, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060851899 ISBN 13: 9780060851897

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2006

Synopsis

Returning home to his roots after inheriting a South Carolina rice plantation, a down-on-his-luck rock musician stumbles upon a voodou pot buried in the garden, a discovery that leads him back more than a century to the story of an illicit, interacial love affair set during the final days of the Civil War. By the author of Gravesend Light. Reader's Guide available. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

"A haunting portrait of the American South." -- Vanity Fair

"Astonishing.Masterfully interweaving contemporary and 19th century story lines, Payne crafts a tragic, suspenseful tale of necessity and desire." -- Lee Smith

"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

"Destined to be a breakout publication...[Payne] is a master...Readers will gleefully embrace this book. It's big. It's exotic."--Asheville Citizen-Times

"A master fabulist, Payne hooks the reader like a wide-eyed catfish...a fine, twisty marvel."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Big in ideas, lush in its poetic text, large in its expansive reach through centuries...Payne is irresistible."--The State (Columbia, MD)

"A luscious, engaging, and heartfelt novel with plenty to say about individual responsibility and the legacy of slavery."--Library Journal, Editor's Pick

"Payne's richly ornate Southern saga... fashions elaborate prose and touching characterization into an absorbing tale."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

David Payne lives in North Carolina, and 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 welcomes comments from readers, and is available to speak with your book club. He can be reached at david@davidpaynebooks.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060851899
• ISBN 13: 9780060851897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 438