'An audacious, profound, and wonderfully intelligent book.'
- Hermione Lee, Guardian
'A marvel of lightly worn research and modulated tone.'
- John Updike, New Yorker
'A must read. Colm Tóibín has not only written a spectacular novel he has found a way to pay tribute to Henry James. We should all be so gifted and so lucky.'
- Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky