The Notorious Dr. August - by Christopher Bram (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The author of "Father of Frankenstein" tells the story of Augustus Fitzwilliam Boyd, alias Dr. August, a clairvoyant pianist who communes with ghosts but finds meaning in his life through a strange love triangle with a righteous ex-slave and a nervous white governess.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Christopher Bram tells the story of Augustus Fitzwilliam Boyd, alias Dr. August, a clairvoyant pianist who communes with ghosts, and who finds meaning in his life through a strange love triangle with a righteous ex-slave and nervous white governess. Spanning the years between the Civil War and the early 1920's, this riveting and ambitious historical novel displays the immense talents of a prodigious, highly esteemed author working at the height of his powers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"A great American novel. "The Notorious Dr. August</i> is a sweeping chronicle . . . It is a delicious, poignant, funny and beautifully written social fiction. . . . This is the mark of an accomplished novelist working at full strength. Bram embraces the contradictions of humanity and makes the improbable probable, the unlikely likely, the unexpected somehow expected. Most of all, he makes us think, reassessing his characters, rethinking our expectations, reevaluating our values. . . it is exhilarating."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"The Philadelphia Inquirer</i></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"What an original and readable book. I finished it in one fell swoop. A musician like myself can sometimes squirm at depictions of other musicians in fiction, but every word of Bram rings true."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--Ned Rorem</BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"A true epic and Bram's most ambitious work yet, examining love, sex, race and the meaning of art in spectacularly entertaining detail."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"The Washington Post Book World</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"[A] sinfully pleasurably book . . . It's a testament to Bram's powers of imagination and restraint that Dr. August will carry you swiftly from beginning to end . . . The real achievement of this book is to remind us of the sheer joy of story. . . . As much as the characters and events, the magnificent light shed on the novel's span of years is a major source of its pleasure. It's hard to imagine anyone more skilled at making us inhabit the historical moment. Bram captures its colors andsounds, textures and tastes, fads and morals with piercing, imaginative precision. . . . the prose masterful throughout. . . . it all comes together for Bram, a virtuoso who uses the conventions of dramatists from Shakespeare to vaudeville to hold readers in thrall for every last word."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"San Francisco Chronicle</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"Those who appreciated last year's Oscar-nominated movie "Gods and Monsters </I>will find plenty to amuse them in the latest quirky product of Christopher Bram's imagination . . . Bram's descriptions . . . are right on target."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"Entertainment Weekly</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"A great American novel. "The Notorious Dr. August </I>is a sweeping chronicle . . . It is a delicious, poignant, funny and beautifully written social fiction. . . . This is the mark of an accomplished novelist working at full strength. Bram embraces the contradictions of humanity and makes the improbable probable, the unlikely likely, the unexpected somehow expected. Most of all, he makes us think, reassessing his characters, rethinking our expectations, reevaluating our values. . . . it is exhilarating."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"The Philadelphia Inquirer</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"An accomplished, rare piece of contemporary fiction. . . Thorny, sprawling, catalytic, "The Notorious Dr. August </I>captivates."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--barnesandnoble.com</BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"Sex and soul animate this ingenious historical novel . . . It's an old sweet songof the uncanny, deftly and lovingly played."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"Out</I> magazine</BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"Discovering Christopher Bram is like discovering one of the great old-fashioned storytellers . . . The historical elements are beautifully imagined . . . But the intensity of the love and hate that Bram's unlikely trio of protagonists feel for one another is what gives the book its power. This is, quite simple, storytelling at its best."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"The Advocate</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"A deeply felt novel about the 'crimes' of love?From the battlefields of the South to the spas of Europe to the fiery destruction of Coney Island, Bram conjures up a historical world true to itself, one that lingers in the mind like the final strains of an unforgettable symphony."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"Kirkus Reviews</I>, starred review</BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"Splendidly imagined?[An] unforgettable journey?This provocative, imaginative exploration is generously endowed with evocative period details and rich characterizations of people from all walks of life."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"Publishers Weekly</I>, starred review</BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"A complex and compelling read?[a] thought-provoking exploration of the human soul."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"Library Journal</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"Mr. Bram is utterly in command of his material throughout. His main characters August and Isaac in particular are so well-rounded, so complicated, so very human . .."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"Lambda Book Report</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"An astonishing act of historical mimesis . . . "</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"The James White Review</i></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"A detailed often humorous story with complex characters who evolve with the times they live in."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"IN Los Angeles</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><QUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><REMARK>"Wonderful . . . Impressive . . . The novel is about what it means to be a human being in a complicated world."</REMARK><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><BY>--"The New York Times Bbook Review</I></BY></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></QUOTE><br>
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