Tan Twan Eng
The House of Doors
The House of Doors
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In 1921, Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang is the setting for the novel The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. Robert Hamlyn and Lesley are well-to-do lawyers and society hosts, but their lives are changed when Willie Somerset Maugham, an old friend of Robert's, comes to stay. Willie is struggling with an unhappy marriage, ill-health, and business interests that have gone awry. Lesley grows close to Willie and reveals secrets of her own, including her connection to the case of an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts. The novel is a masterful exploration of public morality and private truth a century ago, based on real events.
Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 18 May 2023
Publisher: Canongate Books
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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 sees 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.
Weight: 528g
Dimension: 161 x 243 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838858292
Edition number: Main
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