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02312aam a2200373 i 4500 001 E832C9FE4D4311EEBB1CF29156ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230907010029 008 221231t20232023stk e b 000 f eng d 020 $a 183885830X (paperback) 020 $a 9781838858308 (paperback) 020 $a 1838858296 020 $a 9781838858292 035 $a (OCoLC)1380918977 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d ZNS $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d SILO 043 $a a-my--- $a a-my--- 050 4 $a PR9530.9 E54 H68 2023 100 1 $a Tan, Twan Eng, $d 1972- $e author. 245 14 $a The house of doors / $c Tan Twan Eng. 264 1 $a Edinburgh : $b Canongate, $c 2023. 300 $a 306 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert's, comes to stay. Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write. The more Lesley's friendship with Willie grows, the more clearly she see him as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self. As Willie prepares to leave and face his demons, Lesley confides secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic Dr Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary fighting to overthrow the imperial dynasty of China. And more scandalous still, she reveals her connection to the case of an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction. 600 10 $a Proudlock, Ethel $x Trials, litigation, etc. $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Maugham, W. Somerset $q (William Somerset), $d 1874-1965 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Friendship $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Malaya $x History $y British rule, 1867-1942 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Pinang Island (Pulau Pinang, Malaysia) $v Fiction. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781838858315 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231004011917.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E832C9FE4D4311EEBB1CF29156ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search