The Master
17 October 2024Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
'A triumph' – The Observer
'A masterly achievement' – The Independent
In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced at a high personal cost.
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Details
17 October 2024755 minutes
Ralph Cosham
9781035067152Imprint: Picador
Reviews
An audacious, profound, and wonderfully intelligent book.Hermione Lee, Guardian
A marvel of lightly worn research and modulated tone.John Updike, New Yorker
A must read. Colm Tóibín has not only written a spectacular novel he has found a way to pay tribute to Henry James. We should all be so gifted and so lucky.Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky
