num_pages: 360
description: In The Master, Colm Tóibín captures the exquisite anguish of a man who circulated in the grand parlours and palazzos of Europe, who was astonishingly vibrant and alive in his art, and yet whose attempts at intimacy inevitably failed him and those he tried to love. It is a powerful account of the hazards of putting the life of the mind before affairs of the heart.
language: English
title: The Master
titlecomplete: The Master
characters: Henry James
genres: Ireland, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, British Literature, Irish Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 10443
places: Rye, East Sussex, England, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Dublin Literary Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The Ferro-Grumley Awards finalist
category: Gay Fiction
publisher: Picador