The Wall Street Journal has a book club. It was just announced that Colm Tóibín will be hosting the next club. He's selected
The Golden Bowl to read which is one of the books that James wrote after this time period covered by
The Master. I thought the article was interesting because there are interview questions with Tóibín which reveal some further insights on his view of James and his writing style and longevity.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/colm-toi...lub-1427903917
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Leisurely paced and at times opaque, “The Golden Bowl,” is a commitment, Mr. Tóibín said, but a thoroughly rewarding one. He recommends covering 200 pages a week with “enormous attention”—meaning 50-page stints free of distractions. Readers who stay the course will encounter “one of the best dramatic scenes in fiction” as well as darker insights. “Anyone wanting to know how capable we are of deceiving one another,” he said, “can read this book and perhaps know more about our capacity for this than if you read a history book.”
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