{"product_id":"9781838858339","title":"The House of Doors : Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Eng, Tan Twan \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Other, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/03\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781838858339,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEARA WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEARWillie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of the early twentieth century. But in 1921 he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis friend Robert Hamlyn offers an escape in the Straits Settlements of Penang, where Robert's steely wife Lesley learns to see Willie as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Willie prepares to leave, Lesley confides in him secrets of her own, including how she came to know the charismatic revolutionary Dr Sun Yat Sen. And more scandalous still, her connection to an Englishwoman charged with murder in the Kuala Lumpur courts - a tragedy drawn from fact, and worthy of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42549687975980,"sku":"9781838858339","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9781838858339.jpg?v=1706953054","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781838858339","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}