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04202aam a2200769 i 4500 001 3953DDD66FD711EE93D6B80232ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231021010103 008 221225s2023 nyu e b 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1639731938 020 $a 9781639731930 035 $a (OCoLC)1355038825 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d DYJ $d TOH $d HQD $d Y$5 $d OCLCO $d PX0 $d RNL $d JIU $d SILO 043 $a a-my--- $a a-my--- 100 1 $a Tan, Twan Eng, $d 1972- 245 14 $a The house of doors / $c Tan Twan Eng. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Publishing, $c 2023. 300 $a 306 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a The year is 1921. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Robert, a lawyer and war veteran, are living at Cassowary House on the Straits Settlement of Penang. When "Willie" Somerset Maugham, a famed writer and old friend of Robert's, arrives for an extended visit with his secretary Gerald, the pair threatens a rift that could alter more lives than one. Maugham, one of the great novelists of his day, is beleaguered: Having long hidden his homosexuality, his unhappy and expensive marriage of convenience becomes unbearable after he loses his savings-and the freedom to travel with Gerald. His career deflating, his health failing, Maugham arrives at Cassowary House in desperate need of a subject for his next book. Lesley, too, is enduring a marriage more duplicitous than it first appears. Maugham suspects an affair, and, learning of Lesley's past connection to the Chinese revolutionary, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, decides to probe deeper. But as their friendship grows and Lesley confides in him about life in the Straits, Maugham discovers a far more surprising tale than he imagined, one that involves not only war and scandal but the trial of an Englishwoman charged with murder. It is, to Maugham, a story worthy of fiction. A mesmerizingly beautiful novel based on real events, The House of Doors traces the fault lines of race, gender, sexuality, and power under empire, and dives deep into the complicated nature of love and friendship in its shadow. 600 10 $a Maugham, W. Somerset $q (William Somerset), $d 1874-1965 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Triangles (Interpersonal relations) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Friendship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Gay men $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Married people $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Malaya $x History $y British rule, 1867-1942 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Pulau Pinang (Malaysia : State) $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Proudlock, Ethel $x Trials, litigation, etc. $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Pinang Island (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Gay fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 31 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020644.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045050.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20240316010426.0 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20240316010051.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314025856.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20240302013438.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240302011802.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20240210011045.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20240210010528.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20240206011411.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012418.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125012021.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119021037.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240106010633.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240103010116.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20231212010325.0 952 $l VBPC034 $d 20231208010909.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207020543.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206013345.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20231121012515.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20231114010511.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20231107011104.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20231104011758.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20231103011035.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231102013642.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20231102012618.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20231102012352.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20231102011122.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20231102010450.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20231102010107.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20231021010718.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3953DDD66FD711EE93D6B80232ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search