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Phineas at Bay Paperback – July 16, 2014

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Phineas at Bay is at once an entertaining romp and a serious inquiry into how Victorian problems are also our own. It is a pleasure to read.”—Nicholas Birns, author of Understanding Anthony Powell.

Set in 1890s England, Phineas at Bay picks up where Anthony Trollope’s Palliser series left off: now two decades after the unconventional marriage of Phineas Finn, an Irish Catholic, to the Viennese Jewish widow Marie "Madame Max" Goesler.

Phineas has become an almost entirely independent member of Parliament, nominally belonging to the Liberal Party. But his independence has come at a cost. Having made no political gains, his own party no longer takes him seriously. But an awakening of his political and social conscience leads him to revitalize his political activism and become involved in the newly forming Labor Party.

Meanwhile the rivalry between Socialist Jack Chiltern and the newest member of Parliament, Savrola Vavasor, the two suitors of Phineas’s orphaned niece, Clarissa Riley, draws Phineas into becoming the maître d’arms at a violent duel.

And alongside all the other action, the beautiful Lady Elizabeth Eustace adds to the drama with her shady past and her entanglements with Jack and her ex-husband, a clergyman with a dark reputation of his own.

Scholar and lawyer John F. Wirenius sets the Victorian-era author’s pointed satire loose on today’s political and social excesses, creating a novel that can be read alone or in conjunction with Trollope’s novels.


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". . . Wirenius' thoroughly plausible tale can be read as a stand-alone novel. . . . An expert and gracefully executed follow-up to Trollope's Palliser series."--Kirkus Reviews

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John F. Wirenius studied English literature and political science at Fordham University, graduating as valedictorian with a BA in English in 1987. He went on to study law at Columbia University as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, gaining his JD degree in 1990. He has served as an assistant corporation counsel in the New York City Law Department as well as an associate counsel for New York State United Teachers. He has also served as lead counsel on more than fifty criminal cases and tried obscenity and other freedom-of-speech cases. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, he authored the book First Amendment, First Principles: Verbal Acts and Freedom of Speech.

Wirenius's debut novel, Phineas at Bay, follows up on the Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope, creating a Victorian-era story that resonates with modern readers using satirical commentary to illuminate today's political and social excesses.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 16, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 522 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1499177321
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1499177329
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.52 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 1.05 x 9.02 inches
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John F. Wirenius is a native New Yorker, and a profoundly mediocre fencer (saber, for choice). He has been a lawyer for nearly 25 years, in which he has litigated over 50 criminal cases, including two appeals from the death penalty. More recently, he has been lead counsel in cases involving labor law, and civil rights and constitutional cases, including First Amendment free speech claims.

He has published a series of scholarly articles on free speech, the intersection of religion and law, and legal history in addition to his books. John's passion for literature has led him to write fiction as well as non-fiction, and his most recent work builds upon the works of the Victorian master of psychology, Anthony Trollope.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2014
Thank heavens for John Wirenius! At last, a well-plotted, superbly written novel by a contemporary author, featuring characters I actually stayed up late to read more about! I hail the return of Lady Eustace - a.k.a Lizzie the Liar - with enthusiasm. If anything, she's better than before. Without giving away too much, I will merely state that, should Masterpiece Theatre have the good sense to option this novel, they would be well-advised to approach Nina Arianda on bended knee and beseech her to reprise her recent Broadway triumph, this time in the character of Lady Eustace. Let's put it this way - in a slantindicular (a word that I first encountered in "Phineas at Bay", and that I have adopted with relish) nod to dear Charles Dickens and his giddily evocative nomenclature, Lady Eustace's law firm of choice is known as Rushforth & Bindtheboy. Need I say more? For the lover of Victorian fiction who has read everything on the library's shelves and despaired of ever finding another book "as good as the ones they used to write," this novel has the tonic effect of a long, newsy letter from home to an expatriate who has vainly longed for the beloved homeland. If you, like myself, are sorry that nobody seems to write a book anymore that doesn't teem with incest, rape, dismemberment, and casual violence . . . if you have been yearning for the happy days of yore, when novelists assumed that they had an intelligent, well-informed readership to whom they need not condescend with tiresome explanations of what they were up to with a literary reference . . . if you have sharp wits, a discerning critical faculty, and a taste for political intrigue, discreetly dangerous liaisons, philosophical and theological cogitations, and House of Worth couture, then waste no more time on this review, but immediately order your copy and settle down with a cup of strong tea and a plate of crumpets for a delirious romp through Trollopia!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2015
"Phineas at Bay" is an intriguing sequel to Trollope's Phineas novels and indeed to the entire Trollopian world.

The Phineas novels are not among my favorites by Trollope, but Wirenius introduces so many of Trollope's characters from not only the Palliser novels but also the Barchester series, The Way We Live Now, Orley Farm, etc. that it's a treat just to try to pick them all out and try to remember which ones are Trollope's, separating them from the few new ones Wirenius invents. Major characters include Plantagenet Palliser, Madame Max, Lizzie Eustace, Lady Laura, and Samuel Grantly, among many others.

I also found Phineas more likeable and appealing in this book than previously. He seems more focused in his legal and political efforts and a bit more mature. The novel is set in the 1890s and many historical and literary references are made that are fun to pick out as well.

I did feel the characters needed more development in terms of their internal worlds - I never felt the absolute misery that Trollope can sometimes show us in his characters' heads, but I was delighted by many of the characters and the plot twists. Best of all, I loved the ending. I think it is exactly how Trollope would have left Phineas had he written one more novel about him.

If you love Trollope and enjoy sequels to the classics--this is one of the best--you'll enjoy this book. If only Trollope had written it or a few zombies or vampires had been thrown in, I'd give it 5 instead of 4 stars.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2015
I loved this book for all the wrong reasons. Not merely as a continuation of the Palliser series of which i have read one and a half: not all. I love a good trashy novel with historical facts and a civics lesson on what it costs to live in a democracy.WORK!
I am more a Jackie Collins fan than an Anthony Trollope fan and this book has the best of both those worlds. Phineas at Bay is fast paced yet requires a dictionary. It had a good trial with a surprise witness and lots of suspense and some bloody combat. it had costumes, scenery, travel, Americans who were not stupid, lots of passionate relationships , it paid tribute to the lost art of flirting and its importance to human relationships of all ages!. And women are allowed even encouraged to age and still be sexy and loving. You don't see that everyday or even any day. These days.These are the reasons I loved this book.
If you are lucky enough to have day in bed reading and you're smart and unpretentious enough to choose a fun read that you just might learn something from you won't be sorry to choose Phineas at Bay
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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2014
A quite creditable effort to produce a sequel to Phineas Finn and Phineas Redux. The author is obviously well-steeped in Trollope's works and has done his research; there are fewer solecisms than I have come to expect from this sort of thing. Sadly, the author hasn't quite mastered the interior debate which was one of Trollope's hallmarks and as a result the characters never come fully to life as in the original works. Since Wirenius is a lawyer, one can assume that the inaccurate description by Lady Eustace's lawyer of "consideration" as an element of a contract is a deliberate tribute to Trollope's tendency to fudge a bit on legal details when convenient to the plot. The duel and consequences thereof are well done, but the proto-Alcoholics Anonymous/Alanon tract sub-plot is somewhat disconcerting.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Third Phineas Finn novel at last
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2016
Is this a worthy continuation of Trollope’s political novels? Does it provide Phineas with the third outing which many believe his character calls out for? I think the answer to both questions is “yes”. Wirenius has done his research on the issues which his book touches upon and his understanding of the characters he has borrowed from Trollope (I cannot speak to the borrowings from other writers which also feature as amusing asides) is evident. He has, therefore, satisfied my test of a continuation novelist of paying sufficient respect to his original source. And he has produced a story which moves quickly, more quickly than Trollope might have had it, and entertains. His writing style is clearly modern and if at times he attributes to his hero slightly anachronistic views that are ahead of his time (and out of sync with what Trollope might have given him), then I, for one, most definitely can forgive him
MR MICHAEL BAXTER
4.0 out of 5 stars A SEQUEL AT LAST!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2015
I had Iong been scouring Amazon and elsewhere for any sequel to the Palliser novels so I was delighted when my efforts were finally rewarded. I read this book quickly and enjoyed it very much. Phineas Finn and his wife are especially well captured. I liked the guest appearances of characters from other novels by Trollope and I also appreciated the mention of a certain Mr Polteed from another author's famous trilogy. The only aspect of the story I couldn't quite accept involved Plantagenet Palliser - hadn't a certain person been too touched by scandal in the past for him to contemplate such a connection? He was always very conscious of the family name, after all!
David R. Gilbert
4.0 out of 5 stars but I am very happy for Palliser
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2014
A fascinating (and plausible) follow-up for Trollope addicts. It is well written despite a few anachronistic idioms. I am only sorry that in references to nineteenth century authors there was no reference to Anthony's estimable mother Frances Trollope. The only plot incongruity which rankled was the saga of Vavasor from Can You Forgive her with the tenacious American lady from The Way We Live Now. I think the author perhaps allowed more than their deserts both to Emilius and Finn, but I am very happy for Palliser!