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The Razors Edge

The Razors Edge

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The Razors Edge

by W. Somerset Maugham

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  • Hardcover
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Early American edition with fascimile signature. No dust cover, but in great condition. Very tight binding with minimal sunning to the outside of pages, and minor foxing on the first few pages. Cover is black with little to no bumping.

Synopsis

The Razor's Edge , by W. Somerset Maugham, first published by Doubleday Doran in the United States in 1944, relates the experiences of a World War I pilot, Larry Darrell, who chooses to embrace a counter-cultural lifestyle as a way of dealing with his PTSD, though the syndrome is of course not identified as such in the book. This book challenges the cultural ideals of the 1940s, and disregards the stereotype of the returning military hero. Some controversy surrounded the publication of this book because of its lack of patriotic fervor and its embrace of bohemian ideals, but today it is regarded as one of the more important pieces of American literature from the 1940s. -

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Bookseller
Cal's Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
Rare Book 5
Title
The Razors Edge
Author
W. Somerset Maugham
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Blackiston Company
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date Published
1945
Weight
0.00 lbs

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