The Master

Colm Toibin

ISBN 10: 0743250400 / ISBN 13: 9780743250405

Published by Scribner, 2004

About this Item

1st American edition (published simultaneously in UK by Picador), 1st printing; Dust jacket not price clipped shows slight scuffing at corners, front flap hinge, and back bottom edge but overall very good; Boards show almost no wear; Former owner's name written on inside back board; Underlining and annotations throughout text, some in pen but mostly pencil and does not affect legibility.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1769076162704

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Master
• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743250400
• ISBN 13: 9780743250405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 1 pound

About this title

Synopsis

Nineteenth-century writer Henry James is heartbroken when his first play performs poorly in contrast to Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and struggles with subsequent doubts about his sexual identity, his decision not to marry, and his difficulties with emotional intimacy. 40,000 first printing.

About the Author

Colm TÓibÍn was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of six novels including The Blackwater Lightship, The Master, winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Brooklyn, winner of a Costa Book Award. Twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, TÓibÍn lives in Dublin and New York.