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The House of Doors
- Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023
Engelsk Paperback
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The House of Doors
- Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023
Engelsk Paperback

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It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert''s, comes to stay.

Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write. The more Lesley''s friendship with Willie grows, the more clearly she see him as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self.

As Willie prepares to leave and face his demons, Lesley confides secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic Dr Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary fighting to overthrow the imperial dynasty of China. And more scandalous still, she reveals her connection to the case of an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction.

From Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors is a masterful novel of public morality and private truth a century ago. Based on real events it is a drama of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781838858308
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
183885830X
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Udg. Dato:
18 maj 2023
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
153mm
Forlag:
Canongate Books
Oplagsdato:
18 maj 2023
Forfatter(e):
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