Henry James
Profiles
How Colm Tóibín Burrowed Inside Thomas Mann’s Head
In writing his new novel, the Irish author spent years tracing the secret yearnings of Mann—who, he says, played a lifelong “game between what was revealed and what was concealed.”
By D. T. Max
Page-Turner
John Banville’s “Mrs. Osmond” and the Impossibility of Imitating Henry James
By Charles Finch