Prairie Nocturne

From one of the greatest novelists of the American West comes a surprising and riveting story set in Montana and New York during the Harlem Renaissance, drawing together an unlikely set of thwarted performers in one last inspired grasp at life**’**s set of gold rings: love and renown. Susan Duff—the bossy, indomitable schoolgirl with a silver voice from the pages of Doig’s most popular work, *Dancing at the Rascal Fair—*has reached middle age alone, teaching voice lessons to the progeny of Helena’s high society. Wesley Williamson*—business scion of a cattle-empire family—*has fallen from the heights of gubernatorial aspirations, forced out of a public career by political foes who uncovered his love affair with Susan. Years later, former lovers 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. Set in Montana, France, Scotland, and New York during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Prairie Nocturne is a soul-searching and deeply longitudinal novel that raises everlasting questions of allegiance, the grip of the past, and the costs of career and passion.