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the Razor's Edge

by W. Somerset Maugham

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  • Hardcover
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Book is in fair to good condition. The spine has wear around edges. Inside of book no writings or markings. Inside of hard cover have signature of previous owner. Some of the pages have a tiny puncture wound (have attached a photo).

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
KAM Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
KAM163
Title
the Razor's Edge
Author
W. Somerset Maugham
Format/Binding
Good
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Blakiston Company
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date Published
1964
Weight
0.00 lbs
Size
5.5 X 8

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Fair
is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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