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The Narrow Corner
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The Narrow Corner appeals to readers who enjoy richly atmospheric general fiction intertwined with psychological tension and moral complexity. Fans of classic literature and tales set in exotic locales will find this novel compelling.
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On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Kanda, the trio meet good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancée, the cool and beautiful Louise.
A tense potboiler set on an exotic Pacific island by one of the 20th century's bestselling authors
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A tense potboiler set on an exotic Pacific island by one of the 20th century's bestselling authors.
On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Kanda, the trio meet good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancée, the cool and beautiful Louise.
A tense, exotic tale of love, jealousy, murder, and suicide, which evolved from a passage in Maugham's earlier masterpiece, The Moon and Sixpence.
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Critics praise Maugham's unique talent for making the exotic feel familiar and his insightful depiction of the East. Nicholas Shakespeare in the Daily Telegraph highlights his ability to domesticise the strange, while the Washington Post considers this novel a summation of Maugham's Eastern experiences. Renowned writer George Orwell cited Maugham as a major influence, and Rachel Cooke in the Observer commends him for outperforming many modern novelists.
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ISBN: 9780099286882
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 April 2001
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 162g
Pages: 224
About the Author
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965.
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