Title: Henry James imagined
Product review: This book is not nearly as good as anything written by Henry James himself. It is a novel about Henry James covering this mature years in London and Rye. This NOVEL--what does the author mean!?-- main characters are based on real people and named for the people they are based on, but because it is called a novel I suppose one cannot complain if you don't like it or some portrayal of the characters.Henry James crawls achingly through the book mostly as a depressive personality. I don't believe it. Near the end there a scene where Henry's brother, William, tells him he has been in contact with their dead mother. Toibin has Henry respond, "...Is my mother at rest?" Now would you respond to your brother and refer to your mother as if your brother had not the same mother?
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