The Razor's Edge

The Razor's EdgeBy: W. Somerset Maugham Series: Vintage International Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is also one in which Maugham himself

but threatened by the forces of homogenization spreading up the eastern seaboard

(Never fight fire with fire

and I just want to TALK to the magic mirror -- we're not planning on traveling into any fairytales today

shedding light on a tragedy that should never be forgotten

'No one does edge-of-seat action like Abi Elphinstone' Emma Carroll

That’s when Samantha has a premonition: Something is coming

Paper Airplane

but every glimpse he gets of the vulnerability beneath her prickly exterior is a distraction

The starting point is a question

Willow meets an elf girl named Twist

is persuasive

Adèle organizes her day around her extramarital affairs