It is January 1895 and Henry James's play, GUY DOMVILLE, from which he hoped to make his fortune, has failed on the London stage. Opening with this disaster, The Master spans the next five years of James's life, during which time he moves to Rye in Sussex, having found his dream retreat. There he writes his short masterpiece THE TURN OF THE SCREW, a tale in which he incorporates many details from his own life, including his experiences as a member of one of the great eccentric American families and, later, an exile in England. Impelled by the need to work and haunted by his past - including his failure to fight in the American Civil War, and the golden summer of 1865, and the death of his sister Alice -- James is watchful and witty, relishing the England in which he has come to live and regretting the New England he has left.
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Review:
Exquisitely crafted and full on finely nuanced psychological observation. It is profoundly moving. -- Independent
Hastings creates a compelling picture of the end of the Third Reich. Armageddon is a triumph, raw and powerful. -- Gary Sheffield in BBC history magazine
In its quiet way, this novel's imaginative truthfulness crosses boundaries and challenges biographers. -- Anne Chisholm in Sunday Telegraph, November 2004
‘Toibin makes James seem more human than, for me, Leon Edel’s famous biography ever did.’ -- John Carey, Sunday Times
Book Description:
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0330485652
- ISBN 13 9780330485654
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages368
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