The Narrow Corner (Unabridged)
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Banda, the trio meets good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancée, the cool and beautiful Louise.
A tense, exotic tale of love, jealousy, murder and suicide, which evolved from a passage in Maugham's earlier masterpiece, The Moon and Sixpence.
Customer Reviews
Too long a build up
Just finished this -- will soon have read every Maugham novel -or listened, in some cases. I've never been disappointed by Maugham. But unlike The Painted Veil, in which Maugham moves quickly into the conflict and tension and never lets go, the Narrow Corner focuses on dialogue among the four main characters for 20 chapters before the real story begins. I almost thought it was worth the wait, but nothing gripping for 20 chapters? Pretty hard to overcome.