Back to Wando Passo

Version: Unabridged
Author: David Payne
Narrator: Dick Hill
Genres: Fiction
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Published In: June 2006
# of Units: 16 CDs
Length: 20 hours
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Overview

ack to Wando Passo is the passionate and elegantly written story that propels two related love triangles—one marriage unraveling in the present day and another one shattered by the Civil War—to a simultaneous crescendo of betrayal, revenge, and redemption.

Back to Wando Passo grapples with the tangled subject of race in America, and 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.

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by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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  • Book Rating: 2/5

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Reviews (3)

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Written by Anonymous on February 24th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

This story flips back and forth between modern times and civil war days. The civil war storyline would have been a great book by itself. The flipping back and forth in time was more of an annoyance than an asset to the story, but all in all it was still an enjoyable read. Pay attention when listening to the last disc, as it can get a little confusing at the climax.

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Written by Anonymous from Earlysville, VA on May 23rd, 2007

  • Book Rating: 2/5

Have to agree with "Arlington". I also am on disk 4; I am having a wait til the next shipment comes which is annoying and I understand will be different in the future. I found this story hard to get into . . . and some of the language I also found rough, esp. with the car windows open. I'll keep at it, hoping it gets better.

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Written by Lucy from Arlington, VA on August 30th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 2/5

Back to Wando Passo, interesting… I'm only on disk 4 of 20 or something and I'm not sure what to make of it. I'm a bit of a litterateur snob and some of the language, I find a bit crude, however the descriptions are beautiful and illustrative. My friend, who was subjected to disk one and two tolerated the narration, describing it as a romance novel, however he was not complementary about the execution of the dialogue. I'm going to keep listening, it's good for commuting and relaxing.

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by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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  • Book Rating: 2/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Payne, David

Payne was born in London. He is a stage actor.