The Razor's Edge

W. Somerset Maugham

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jan 26, 2011 - Fiction - 320 pages

Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.

About the author

W. Somerset Maugham was one the twentieth century’s most popular novelists as well as a celebrated playwright, critic, and short story writer. He was born in Paris but grew up in England and served as a secret agent for the British during World War I. He wrote many novels, including the classics Of Human Bondage, Cakes and Ale, Christmas Holiday, The Moon and Sixpence, Theatre, and Up at the Villa.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Razor's Edge; Vintage International
• Author: W. Somerset Maugham
• Edition: unabridged
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011
• ISBN: 0307785084, 9780307785084
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Sagas