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What to expect

Back to Wando Passo is a passionate and elegantly written story of two related love triangles: one marriage unraveling in the present day, and another one shattered by the Civil War. The interweaving stories build to a simultaneous crescendo of betrayal, revenge, and redemption.

Grappling with the tangled subject of race in America, the plot lines are haunted by an occult twist. When Ransom Hill, the contemporary protagonist, discovers a Civil War–era “prenda,” an iron pot used by Cuban slaves for conjuring, he unearths something very strange indeed.

Critics Review

  • “So bold in concept and audacious in scope that it seems like the summing up of a great writer’s career.”

    Pat Conroy, New York Times bestselling author

  • “A haunting portrait of the American South.”

    Vanity Fair

  • “A luscious, engaging, and heartfelt novel with plenty to say about individual responsibility and the legacy of slavery.”

    Library Journal

  • “Payne fashions elaborate prose and touching characterization into an absorbing tale.”

    Publishers Weekly

  • “Payne handles this novel of love, loss, and betrayal deftly.”

    Booklist

  • “A master fabulist, Payne hooks the reader like a wide-eyed catfish…a fine, twisty marvel.”

    Kirkus Reviews (starred review) )

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