246 pages
English language
Published March 9, 1945 by Blakiston Co..
W. Somerset Maugham: The razor's edge (1945, Blakiston Co.)
246 pages
English language
Published March 9, 1945 by Blakiston Co..
This novel, supposedly based on the life of an acquaintance of Maugham, follows the fortunes of an American pilot who, traumatized by war, rejects his former conventional life to search for a more meaningful existence. After studying in Paris for two years he decides to travel, taking various menial jobs. Although being influenced by some of the people he meets it is not until he reaches India that he begins to find peace.