Overview

Drew Banks's Elba Trilogy-Able Was I, Ere I Saw Elba, and I Before E-is a multigenerational literary fiction series set between New York, Paris, and across Italy, and exploring themes of identity, exile, and chosen family. Transcending the traditional LGBTQ genre, the Elba Trilogy traces the intersecting lives of an adrift middle-aged American businessman, an exiled French woman, and a young Italian immigrant, each struggling to overcome their displacement. __ On February 1, 2000, atop a rooftop terrace overlooking Rome, Grey Tigrett hosts a 50th birthday celebration for the mother of Paolo Viglietti - a young Italian-American man he befriended during an unexpected detour of his cruise ship to the island of Elba. Suspicious of Grey's generosity, Maria's lifelong friend, Brigitte Crémieux, leaves Elba for only the second time in her adult life to attend the party. But her concern for Maria and Paolo is eclipsed when she arrives and is greeted by the party's surprise guests. Across the three novels, Drew Banks traces the intertwined backstories of Grey, Brigitte, and Paolo - exposing the pivotal events that brought them to this fated night, when each must confront the singular core belief that has shaped their life. __ This genre-blending trilogy will captivate readers who enjoy LGBTQ+ literature, coming-of-age journeys, historical fiction, family drama, romance, mysteries, European settings, and evocative ""armchair travel"" storytelling.

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""With his Elba Trilogy, Banks transcends the traditional LGBTQ genre and explores our primal impulse to overcome displacement-a universal struggle that in today's fractured society feels more resonant than ever."" - Kilian Melloy, media critic Able Was I ""...you have written a lyrical, almost poetic novel...It reminds me of Zora Neale Hurston in a lot of ways in Their Eyes Were Watching God."" - Frank Stasio, NPR affiliate: WUNC, ""The State of Things"" Ere I Saw Elba ""Banks' writing is truly beautiful, but [Ere I Saw Elba] in particular. It's like The House at the Edge of Night, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pachinko-one of those multigenerational epics where you fall into family for generations."" - Sarah Lacy, former TechCrunch journalist, author of Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good. I Before E ""Compelling and surprising, Banks's writing defies traditional genres to dive into the hearts and minds of his characters and-in this culmination to the trilogy-beautifully interweave with his earlier stories."" - Alexandra Teague, California-Book-Award-winning poet and novelist

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Drew Banks is a San Francisco-based novelist and retired tech entrepreneur. He holds an MBA from MIT and a certificate in creative writing from Oxford. His fiction explores psychological motivation, behavioral patterns, and the experience of exile in its many forms.He is the author of The Elba Trilogy, which includes Able Was I, Ere I Saw Elba, and I Before E. The novels stand on their own while sharing intersecting narratives and a common focus on displacement and personal reckoning.

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