Somerset Maugham: A Life - Softcover

Somerset Maugham An instinctive and magnificent storyteller, Somerset Maugham was one of the most popular and successful writers of his time. He published seventy-eight books -- including the undisputed classics Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge -- which sold over 40 million copies in his lifetime. Born in Paris to sophisticated parents, Willie Maugham was orphaned at the age of ten and brought up in a small E... Full description

“Meyers’s portrait of the long-lived Maugham and his tumultuous time is both nuanced and concise, a biography without a wasted word.” —"The Washington Post Book World"
“Excellent. . . . [W]ell-written, entertaining, and of admirable brevity. . . . Meyers paints a convincing picture of the development of [Maugham’s] complex character.” "--The New Criterion"
“Maugham is the perfect subject for a biography. . . . Meyers knows how to select his details . . . and arrange them into a well-paced narrative.” --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
“Meyers . . . mounts a persuasive defense of Maugham’s art, keenly mapping his influence on V.S. Naipaul, George Orwell, and Paul Theroux.” "—The New Yorker
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Meyers s portrait of the long-lived Maugham and his tumultuous time is both nuanced and concise, a biography without a wasted word. The Washington Post Book World
Excellent. . . . [W]ell-written, entertaining, and of admirable brevity. . . . Meyers paints a convincing picture of the development of [Maugham s] complex character. --The New Criterion
Maugham is the perfect subject for a biography. . . . Meyers knows how to select his details . . . and arrange them into a well-paced narrative. --The Philadelphia Inquirer
Meyers . . . mounts a persuasive defense of Maugham s art, keenly mapping his influence on V.S. Naipaul, George Orwell, and Paul Theroux. The New Yorker
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-Meyers's portrait of the long-lived Maugham and his tumultuous time is both nuanced and concise, a biography without a wasted word.- --The Washington Post Book World
-Excellent. . . . [W]ell-written, entertaining, and of admirable brevity. . . . Meyers paints a convincing picture of the development of [Maugham's] complex character.- --The New Criterion
-Maugham is the perfect subject for a biography. . . . Meyers knows how to select his details . . . and arrange them into a well-paced narrative.- --The Philadelphia Inquirer
-Meyers . . . mounts a persuasive defense of Maugham's art, keenly mapping his influence on V.S. Naipaul, George Orwell, and Paul Theroux.- --The New Yorker


"Meyers's portrait of the long-lived Maugham and his tumultuous time is both nuanced and concise, a biography without a wasted word." --The Washington Post Book World

"Excellent. . . . [W]ell-written, entertaining, and of admirable brevity. . . . Meyers paints a convincing picture of the development of [Maugham's] complex character." --The New Criterion

"Maugham is the perfect subject for a biography. . . . Meyers knows how to select his details . . . and arrange them into a well-paced narrative." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Meyers . . . mounts a persuasive defense of Maugham's art, keenly mapping his influence on V.S. Naipaul, George Orwell, and Paul Theroux." --The New Yorker