Misfortune (novel) explained

Misfortune
Author:Wesley Stace
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Novel
Release Date:2005
Media Type:Print (Paperback)

Misfortune, is the 2005 debut novel by Wesley Stace. The "Victorian" novel revolves around a cross-dressing heir/heiress.[1] The book was one of the Washington Posts Books of the Year and chosen by Amazon.com as one of the Ten Best Novels of 2005. It was also nominated for the Guardian First Book Award, and shortlisted for both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. The author, better known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding, recorded the traditional ballads and folk songs in the book on The Love Hall Tryst's 2005 album Songs of Misfortune.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Helen Davies Gender and Ventriloquism in Victorian and Neo-Victorian ... - 2012 -- Page 167 "my Afterword offers readings of two novels by Wesley Stace: Misfortune (2005) and By George (2007)."
  2. http://www.wfuv.org/content/required-reading-songwriters-turned-authors Wesley Stace - Misfortune