For nearly sixty years Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the
most famous writers in the world. An enormously successful
playwright and the author of over a hundred short stories and
twenty-one novels - several of which are now established classics -
Maugham expertly concealed a private life. Predominantly
homosexual, and deeply in love with the charming but dissolute
Gerald Haxton, he made a disastrous marriage to Syrie Wellcome
which he would escape by travelling and writing extensively in the
Far East. A talented linguist, during both world wars Maugham
worked for British Intelligence. In between he moved in literary
and theatrical circles in London, New York and Hollywood and
entertained lavishly at his luxurious villa in the south of France.
Outwardly his life was richly rewarding, but privately he suffered
anguish from an unrequited love affair and a shocking final
betrayal. Acclaimed biographer Selina Hastings has had access to
Maugham's extensive private correspondence as well as to important
family testimony, which sheds a fascinating new light on this
complex and extraordinary man.
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