Sunday, March 5, 2017

Four books that changed Ian McGuire

Ian McGuire's new novel is The North Water.

One of four books that changed the author, as shared at the Sydney Morning Herald:
WASHINGTON SQUARE
Henry James

I've taught literature in universities for 20 years, and Washington Square is probably my favourite novel to teach. It's short (an advantage in the era of brief attention spans) but almost perfect in its structure, as well as being beautifully written, complex, clever, utterly unsentimental and terribly sad.
Read about the other entries on the list.

Washington Square is among five books that changed Carol Wall and Will Eaves's top ten siblings' stories.

Learn about Ian McGuire's ten top adventure novels.

--Marshal Zeringue