The Brothers Boswell

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  • The Brothers Boswell Book Detail

  • Author : Philip Edward Baruth
  • Release Date : 2009
  • Publisher : Soho Press
  • Genre : Authors, English
  • Pages : 260
  • ISBN 13 : 1569475598
  • File Size : 32,32 MB
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The Brothers Boswell by Philip Edward Baruth PDF Summary

Book Description: In this literary thriller, Baruth (English, Univ. of Vermont; The X President) uses the relationship between diarist James Boswell and his brother John as a lens to examine the complex and often troubled bond between the eldest son and a younger brother. The plot revolves around a boat trip Boswell took to Greenwich in 1763 with his famous literary patron, Samuel Johnson. John, recently released from a lunatic asylum and bearing two pistols, follows them there to force a violent confrontationa sign not simply of his madness but of his lifelong ambivalence about James and his envy of James's burgeoning relationship with Johnson. The suspense is somewhat blunted by the reader's knowing that Johnson and James Boswell obviously weren't killed in 1763. Nevertheless, the book has a strong narrative thread and builds to a dramatic confrontation between the characters. Baruth grounds his narrative firmly in the extensive source material produced by Johnson and Boswell, and his depiction of Johnson is particularly convincing. For fans of historical fiction. [See Prepub Mystery, LJ 1/09.]Douglas Southard, CRA International, Inc., Boston Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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