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ThereissomethingratherdisquietingaboutSallieDeclan,ayoungAmericaninLondon,anditisnotjustherobsessionwithHenryJames's"TheTurnoftheScrew",thesubjectofherPhDthesis.Thereisherdecision,almostcasuallytaken,toleaveherstudiesforatemporaryjobasanannyinalargecountryhouse.Sheseemstodisplayastonishingnaivetyasshebuildafantasyaboutheremotionalfuturethere.Surelyshecanseeitisalldelusion-butaprogressivelydarkerrealityunfoldsasweareledinexorablytowardsaterribleandshockingclimax.With"AJealousGhost",A.N.Wilsonhaswrittenamasterpiecetorivaleventhatofthemasterhimself,HenryJames.