Gentleman In The Parlour
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX
Somerset Maugham''s success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane, wry style all his own. The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of the author''s trip through what was then Burma and Siam, ending in Haiphong, Vietnam. Whether by river to Mandalay, o...
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX
Somerset Maugham''s success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane, wry style all his own. The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of the author''s trip through what was then Burma and Siam, ending in Haiphong, Vietnam. Whether by river to Mandalay, o...
