Unmentionables is the epic story of two couples in the Civil War south. One couple is straight, white and wealthy; the other is gay, black and enslaved. Field hand Jimmy meets Cato, a house servant from a nearby plantation. Over time, Jimmy's fascination with Cato grows into romantic love.
Winner 2010 Book of the Year award for Gay fiction
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Review
"One of the best novels of theyear for any grown-up. A terrific, life-affirming read."- Kindle Nation Daily
"This is a moving and profound novel, exploring the ways in which love counters cruelty in even the harshest of conditions. The characters are beautifully drawn, their feelings and motivations believable and real, their loves alternately heartbreaking and redemptive. Even the minor characters are drawn with the kind of careful detail that makes them spring brilliantly to life." - IndieReader.com
"Quite possibly, the best depiction from a dog's point of view that I've ever read!" - The San Francisco Book Review
"Unmentionables is superb historical fiction with a contemporary angle; an enlightening look at the hidden elements of our past. Five stars." -- Foreword Clarion Review
"Mr. Greene has written a book that is very well researched, has heart and soul, makes you laugh and cry, and get angry and frustrated. ... This is simply a beautiful story." --GGR Review
Book of the Year award winner!
On June 25th, 2011, Unmentionables was awarded the bronze medal for Gay and Lesbian fiction at the Book of the Year awards at the American Library Association conference in New Orleans.
About the Author
David Greene's first novel, Unmentionables, tells the story of slaves and slave holders who lived and loved during the Civil War. Unmentionables won a 2010 Book of the Year award from Foreword Reviews.Greene's second novel, Detonate, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's film, Saboteur, is a wrong-man thriller with a hero who is half-black, half-white, half-gay and half-straight.Greene's third novel, The Winkler Case, is a gay reimagining of the classic noir novel, Double Indemnity by James M. Cain.