The Master by Colm Toibin

The Master

by Colm Toibin

Picador, Pan Macmillan, 2004, ISBN 0330485652, hardcover, dust-jacket

Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, no inscriptions, dust-jacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing to edges and corners (see photographs)

"In The Master, his brilliant and profoundly moving fifth novel, Colm Toibin tells the story of Henry James, an American-born genius of the modern novel who became a connoisseur of exile, living among artists and aristocrats in Paris, Rome, Venice and London.
In January 1895, James anticipates the opening of his first play in London.  He has never been so vulnerable, nor felt so deeply unsuited to the public gaze.  When the production fails, he returns, chastened, to his writing desk.  The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced at a high personal cost."