[bannie]

88. Henry James, Leon Edel

King: "All the James you want without having to read him."

James' writing is a different kind of art. (And--if memory serves--he hated America.)

[Borges]

Henry James was one of the pioneers of American citizens going to Europe and playing the 'Americans just aren't too bright' card to applauding European masses. So much of his fiction is about a callow American who goes to Europe and finds themselves out of their league. He's still a great writer of course.