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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Razor's Edge (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) Price: $84.31 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912 EAN: 9780140185232 ISBN: 0140185232 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: March 01, 1992 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Engaging and sophisticated readThis one does not pander to any low common denominator. Makes you think as you read; not as stuffy as I originally feared and expected. Good fiction! Rating:  - Ugh way too detailedHalf way through the book and I still dont know the plot. Too much boring detail about how people dress, where they are going to go,,,,ugh. Rating: - MasterpieceA stable of characters that you will never forget. The author brings them to life in masterful fashion. This is what people mean when they speak of character development. WSM understood women and men, their relationships, and their strengths and weaknesses. Its' message is as resounding and absolute now as it was decades ago....perhaps it is even more relevant in this time of McMansions and the 15000 Dow. I have met a few people like Larry in this world. They always had a great affect on me, ... Read More Rating:  - Not as representedIt's not really about one man's search for transcendence. It's more about everyone else's reaction to him. The whole search is covered in Chapter Six, which is all you need to read if you are into the eastern philosophy in the book. Maugham starts the chapter off by saying you don't have to read it at all. But that's only if you're interested in the Paris Hiltons of the day. Very dull stuff, no matter how accurate and well-written in the style in use then -- Maugham's style involves a lot more ... Read More Rating:  - Doesn't Cut Deep EnoughThe Razor's Edge is one of Somerset Maugham's most beloved novels. It's the story of Larry Darrow, an aviator so damaged by the carnage of World War I that he refuses to jump on the capitalist carousel in post-war Chicago. Instead he devotes his life to searching out the true and the good. His choice doesn't sit well with his fiancé Isabel Bradley, who loves him but loves the high life equally well. Isabel breaks off their engagement to marry a stockbroker. Larry continues on his spiritual search, ... Read More 
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