Shipwreck

Louis Begley recently wrote a glowing preface to a reissue of The Other House, James’ least known novel. Begley is one of the few fans of the book, and writes that “James makes manifest in this very remarkable novel the overpowering force and ignominy of the sexual drive.” Obviously Begley is after something like that here. But if this was the inspiration, it was not a fortunate one.