{"product_id":"the-razors-edge-isbn-9781400034208","title":"The Razor's Edge","description":"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 plays a considerable part as he wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.“[Maugham is] a great artist . . . a genius.” –Theodore Dreiser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Maugham’s] excessively rare gift of story-telling . . . is almost the equal of imagination itself.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. . . . He was always so entirely \u003ci\u003ethere\u003c\/i\u003e.” –Gore Vidal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Maugham remains the consummate craftsman. . . . [His writing is] so compact, so economical, so closely motivated, so skillfully written, that it rivets attention from the first page to last.” –\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review of Literature\u003c\/i\u003eW. Somerset Maugham was one the twentieth century’s most popular novelists as well as a celebrated playwright, critic, and short story writer. He was born in Paris but grew up in England and served as a secret agent for the British during World War I. He wrote many novels, including the classics \u003cb\u003eOf Human Bondage, Cakes and Ale, Christmas Holiday, The Moon and Sixpence, Theatre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eUp at the Villa\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301058695397,"sku":"NP9781400034208","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781400034208.jpg?v=1767741165","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-razors-edge-isbn-9781400034208","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}