{"product_id":"alec","title":"Alec","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam di Canzio’s Alec , inspired by Maurice , E. M. Forster’s secret novel of a happy same-sex love affair, tells the story of Alec Scudder, the gamekeeper Maurice Hall falls in love with in Forster’s classic, published only after the author's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDi Canzio follows their story past the end of Maurice to the front lines of battle in World War I and beyond. Forster, who tried to write an epilogue about the future of his characters, was stymied by the radical change that the Great War brought to their world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the hindsight of a century, di Canzio imagines a future for them and a past for Alec―a young villager possessed of remarkable passion and self-knowledge. Alec continues Forster’s project of telling stories that are part of “a great unrecorded history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDi Canzio’s debut novel is a love story of epic proportions, at once classic and boldly new.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William di Canzio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43335936082089,"sku":"9781250849236","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781250849236.jpg?v=1698388204","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/alec","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}