The Razor's Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Book is in Near Fine condition, with most minimal of shelfwear. Pages are clean and tight, feels unread. Includes "International Collectors Library presents..." pamphlet.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Givens Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19460
- Title
- The Razor's Edge
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- International Collectors Library
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- classics, somerset maugham, literature, fiction, novel, 1940s
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
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Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.