Paperback. i before e, except by the sea, where when drowning I may, find padre. Padre!The third novel in the Elba trilogy, I Before E tells the story of Paolo Viglietti, a young Italian-American immigrant whose desperate struggle to understand his father's drowning triggers a turbulent coming of age-one that ultimately leads him back to Italy to confront the family mysteries he's grappled with his entire life.Set between 1986 and 2000, I Before E follows Paolo's journey from his suffocating childhood in Little Italy (New York City), to his teenage liberation in the West Village, to his college escape to UC Berkeley, and finally to his return to Italy and search for answers in Rome, Padua, and his hometown of Portoferraio, Elba.__Drew Banks's Elba Trilogy-Able Was I, Ere I Saw Elba, and I Before E-is a multigenerational literary fiction series set between New York, Paris, and across Italy, and exploring themes of identity, exile, and chosen family. While these novels can be read independently, there are several characters and situations threaded through the trilogy that add nuance and texture to each story, especially given these characters and situations are conveyed through the lens of the novels' different protagonists.This genre-blending trilogy will captivate readers who enjoy LGBTQ+ literature, coming-of-age journeys, historical fiction, family drama, romance, mysteries, European settings, and evocative "armchair travel" storytelling. Paolo Viglietti is a young Italian immigrant in NYC whose struggle to understand his father's tragic death triggers a turbulent coming of age that leads him back to Elba to confront family mysteries he's grappled with his entire life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: I Before E (Paperback)
Publisher: Dot Dash Press
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9798348566821
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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i before e, except by the sea,

where when drowning I may,

find padre. Padre!

The third novel in the Elba trilogy, I Before E tells the story of Paolo Viglietti, a young Italian-American immigrant whose desperate struggle to understand his father's drowning triggers a turbulent coming of age-one that ultimately leads him back to Italy to confront the family mysteries he's grappled with his entire life.

Set between 1986 and 2000, I Before E follows Paolo's journey from his suffocating childhood in Little Italy (New York City), to his teenage liberation in the West Village, to his college escape to UC Berkeley, and finally to his return to Italy and search for answers in Rome, Padua, and his hometown of Portoferraio, Elba.

Drew Banks's Elba Trilogy-Able Was I, Ere I Saw Elba, and I Before E-is a multigenerational literary fiction series set between New York, Paris, and across Italy, and exploring themes of identity, exile, and chosen family. While these novels can be read independently, there are several characters and situations threaded through the trilogy that add nuance and texture to each story, especially given these characters and situations are conveyed through the lens of the novels' different protagonists.

This genre-blending trilogy will captivate readers who enjoy LGBTQ+ literature, coming-of-age journeys, historical fiction, family drama, romance, mysteries, European settings, and evocative "armchair travel" storytelling.

About the Author

Drew Banks is a San Francisco-based novelist and retired tech entrepreneur. He holds an MBA from MIT and a certificate in creative writing from Oxford. His fiction explores psychological motivation, behavioral patterns, and the experience of exile in its many forms.He is the author of The Elba Trilogy, which includes Able Was I, Ere I Saw Elba, and I Before E. The novels stand on their own while sharing intersecting narratives and a common focus on displacement and personal reckoning.

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