The House of Doors
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The House of Doors
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David Oakes
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Louise-Mai Newberry
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Tan Twan Eng
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023
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.
From Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors is a masterful novel of public morality and private truth a century ago. Based on real events it is a drama of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire.
©2023 Tan Twan Eng (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd
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Eine wunderbare Geschichte mit großartigen Sprechern!
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A resounding YES to that question! The writer was Willie Somerset Maugham (whom to my shame I have never read) and the issues uncovered through the lens of his visit are complex and various: unhappy marriages, homosexuality, morality, colonialism, women’s place in society, revolution in China- and a scandalous murder case. Most of these are based on true facts, covered in Maugham’s writing.
The novel jumps between times lines between 1910 and 1920, ending in the 1950s, and the perspectives of Maugham and Lesley, his hostess in Malaya. I found the writing exquisite, the plotting clever and felt really pulled into the time, place and setting.
The audiobook was very well narrated and paced.
Exquisite!
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