Alec by William di Canzio

Meeting at the usual place, The Shakespeare Hotel (upstairs), 200 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, at 7.00pm on Thursday April 9, we will be discussing Alec by William di Canzio.

Alec (2021) is the first novel by the playwright William di Canzio. The novel continues the story of E.M Forster's novel, Maurice (1914), but told from the perspective of the main character's love interest, the game-keeper Alec Scudder. Described by one reviewer as 'the kind of novel Maurice could never be, full of sex and war, death and torture.'

Hard copies are available from ebay and Amazon, although a bit pricey (c. $40). Copies available through local public libraries. Soft copies available from the usual places, or contact Dale on dalemills (at) cantab.net for a free pdf or Kindle compatible file.

An hour-long discussion with the author can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEiYGAWkANc

The Shakespeare Hotel is a busy inner-city pub, but we meet in a semi-private room upstairs, conducive for discussion. Many of us arrive around 6.00pm for drinks or food, and the meeting starts at 7.00pm. The format is that we have a focused discussion on the book till about 8.00pm, and then the meeting formally closes. Almost everyone stays back to chat about the book or anything else.