The secret lives of Somerset Maugham
Subtitle: a biography
By: Selina Hastings
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9781400061419
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Blackstable boyhood; title: At St. Thomas's Hospital; title: A writer by instinct; title: Aiming for the West End; title: England's dramatist; title: Syrie; title: Code name "Somerville"; title: Behind The painted veil; title: A world of veranda and prahu; title: Separation; title: The Villa Mauresque; title: Master Hacky; title: The teller of tales; title: An exercise in propaganda; title: The Bronzino boy; title: Betrayal.