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Strictly for fans of Henry James  
Im not a fan of Henry James. I didnt make it past Page 83 of this book so my judgment isnt worth much. But if you admire James as a writer and would like to know about him as a man -- a cold fish if there ever was one -- this book may be just right for you. Its even written in a slighlty plummy style reminiscene of Jamess writing. : 2010-09-16 09:46:01

A novel based on the life of Henry James  
"Author Author" like Colm Toibins "The Master" tells of a particular period of Henry James life. David Lodges novel takes place in the last twenty years of the 19th century when James fortunes were at their lowest culminating in his greatest failure the opening and closing of his play "Guy Domville". At the centre of the novel is his friendship with the writer George Du Maurier. When James passes on using it for the basis of a novel Du Maurier writes it instead and it becomes a bestseller. Du Maurier however has difficulty coping with success while James decides he must try harder to achieve it.
David Lodge brings to life a great writer. The scenes and dialogues are witty entertaining and informative and the book reads more like a novel than a biography. "Author Author" is extremely well read by Christopher Kay for Clipper Audio.
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Author Author  
David Lodge has long been one of my favourite authors. For some reason I find that I can easily identify with his protagonists who I suspect are not too far removed from the author himself as they question the absurdities of life with pathos and humour.

Author Author however reveals a different David Lodge who with great charm and sympathy transports us back to a world standing at the starting line of modern technology all ready to go; a world bursting at the seams with creative talent. He lets the writer Henry James hold stage as he paints vivid pictures of England of the time introducing us to many literary giants and makes them come alive for us again as a backdrop to Henry Jamess struggles with his ambitions creativity and his claim to fame and fortune.

This novel is so very good and enjoyable and works perfectly on many different levels. It is painlessly educational; it is intriguing with a slow pastoral eloquence that one savors until it suddenly turn : 2010-09-16 09:46:01

Very Good  
A sympathetic and interesting historical novel about the great novelist Henry James. This book is somewhat different from most of Lodges prior work which tends towards relatively gentle satire and irony. Lodges James is an outsider an aesthete dedicated to his art while simultaneously constrained by what appears to be a real streak of prudery. A man whose only passion appears to be his artistic vocation James disinterest in a good deal of normal human life at a personal level is accompanied by real dedication to psychological understanding and careful description of human relationships. To a great extent this book is an effort at a Jamesian description of James and a rather sympathetic one at that. Lodge focuses on 2 major episodes in James life; his death and his unsuccessful attempts to become a popular playwright. The latter episode which resulted in tremendous disappointment and an episode of actual humiliation occupies much of the book. Lodge shows the interesting way in whi : 2010-09-16 09:46:01

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