Till Human Voices Wake Us

Charlie Baugh, a young anthropologist, is not only deeply involved in a research project on "Voodoo in the American South," but also in an intense affair with a brilliant graduate student named Cashy (Cashiella) Epstein. Though he tries to keep his study from Cashy, mysterious events seem to draw her into that world with him. From the opening scene in rural Mississippi where an Afro-American power doctor's vision reveals Charlie and Cashy to be the "dancers" needed by his community to restore contact with the gods of Voodoo; to the scene where Charlie defends his study to Cashy, his academic colleagues and Homer Egypt, his famous and wonderfully weird artist friend; to the unforgettable scene where Charlie and Cashy become possessed, the reader is totally involved and riveted. Till Human Voices Wake Us brims with heart-pounding suspense and mystery; hilarious (laugh out loud) comedy; one of the greatest love stories ever told; and deliciously hot sex. This is a wonderful romp of a book focused on big, important ideas; chock full of fascinating, unpredictable characters; and shamelessly out to reestablish important social, emotional, intellectual, sexual and spiritual connections. It will provoke, excite and spook you. It will move you.