{"product_id":"9781838858339-house-of-doors","title":"The House of Doors","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Garden of Evening Mists\u003c\/i\u003e comes an evocative, rich tale of love, betrayal and morality in 1920s Penang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWillie 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41532879568993,"sku":"9781838858339","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36327747_dd49da81-1c7f-4871-8d74-ef7bf4d44f08.jpg?v=1759409687","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838858339-house-of-doors","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}