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Title: Still the Best of Its Kind
Review: Time has not dimmed the power of this supreme work of psychological suspense. The true father of the intelligent thriller was not Poe, with all respect, but James. "The Turn of the Screw" finds him at full force. Not a beach read, but, then, what of lasting value is? This work has never been touched by any work that attempted it's achievement, and it is unlikely that it ever will be. The only problem with the work is that it will spoil you when you try to go back to all of those fast-food "novels of suspense" that are being published. In this and other works such as "The Beast In the Jungle" James set the bar. No one has come close to raising it from where he set it yet. Read the book, see the opera, enjoy and be edified.
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