Description: Spanning more than 60 years, from the Civil War to the early 1920s, and moving from the battlefields in tire South to New York City, through Paris, London, Constantinople, and Coney Island, The Notorious Dr. August features Augustus Fitzwilliam Boyd, a.k.a. Dr. August, an improvisational pianist who believes his music is sometimes inspired by the spirit world. He is in love with Isaac Kemp, an ex-slave who sporadically returns his affections and who himself successfully woos Alice Pangborn, a rather prim, white governess. The trio, locked in a strange and often painful love triangle, travel the world -- until a horrible tragedy forces them to examine the choices they have made, and shakes up their relationship in ways none of them could have predicted. Rich with historical detail, The Notorious Dr. August is a brilliantly written, emotionally riveting exploration of race, class, spirituality, and sexuality -- and of what it truly means to love another.

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