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THE SECRET LIVES OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM

THE SECRET LIVES OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM

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THE SECRET LIVES OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM

by Hastings, Selina

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1400061415
ISBN 13
9781400061419
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New York: Random House, 2010. (2010), 626pp, illus., light shelfwear to cover, slight rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.. First American. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor.

Synopsis

He was a brilliant teller of tales, one of the most widely read authors of the twentieth century, and at one time the most famous writer in the world, yet W. Somerset Maugham's own true story has never been fully told. At last, the fascinating truth is revealed in a landmark biography by the award-winning writer Selina Hastings. Granted unprecedented access to Maugham's personal correspondence and to newly uncovered interviews with his only child, Hastings portrays the secret loves, betrayals, integrity, and passion that inspired Maugham to create such classics as The Razor's Edge and Of Human Bondage.Hastings vividly presents Maugham's lonely childhood spent with unloving relatives after the death of his parents, a trauma that resulted in shyness, a stammer, and for the rest of his life an urgent need for physical tenderness. Here, too, are his adult triumphs on the stage and page, works that allowed him a glittering social life in which he befriended and sometimes fell out with such luminaries as Dorothy Parker, Charlie Chaplin, D. H. Lawrence, and Winston Churchill.The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham portrays in full for the first time Maugham's disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome, a manipulative society woman of dubious morality who trapped Maugham with a pregnancy and an attempted suicide. Hastings also explores Maugham's many affairs with men, including his great love, Gerald Haxton, an alcoholic charmer and a cad. Maugham's courageous work in secret intelligence during two world wars is described in fascinating detail--experiences that provided the inspiration for the groundbreaking Ashenden stories. From the West End to Broadway, from China to the South Pacific, Maugham's restless and remarkably productive life is thrillingly recounted as Hastings uncovers the real stories behind such classics as "Rain," The Painted Veil, Cakes & Ale, and other well-known tales.An epic biography of a hugely talented and hugely conflicted man, The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham is the definitive account of Maugham's extraordinary life.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
17-1189
Title
THE SECRET LIVES OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Author
Hastings, Selina
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Poor
Edition
First American
ISBN 10
1400061415
ISBN 13
9781400061419
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2010
Keywords
Biography, British, Writers, Authors, 20th Century

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