All world beside

An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan America. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community in Puritan New England. One disciple, Dr Arthur Lyman, discovers in the minister´s words a love so captivating it transcends language. As the bond between the two men grows more and more passionate, their wives and children must contend with a tangled web of secrets, lies and judgments that threatens to destroy them in this world and the next. Brokeback Mountain meets The Scarlet Letter or The Crucible in this beautifully nuanced imagining of queer love in Puritan times.