Prairie Nocturne: A Novel

Prairie Nocturne: A Novel

<I>Prairie Nocturne</I> is the epic saga of two former lovers sired in the pages of Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana Trilogy. Susan Duff -- the bossy, indomitable schoolgirl with a silver voice from <I>Dancing at the Rascal Fair--</I> has reached middle age alone, teaching voice lessons to the progeny of Helena's high society. Wesley Williamson, young married heir to the Double W cattle empire, has been forced out of a political career as a result of his affair with Susan having become known. Years later, Wes and Susan have reunited to share in an extraordinary goal: launching the singing career of Monty Rathbun--a man on the wrong side of the racial divide. In this triumph of sure-footed storytelling, motives and fates dangerously entangle. <BR> Set in Montana, France, Scotland, and New York during the Harlem Renaissance, <I>Prairie Nocturne</I> is a deeply longitudinal novel that raises everlasting questions of allegiance, the grip of the past, and the cost of passion.