Of Human Bondage (Read 10/8/09) Recommended
Maugham, Somerset, portrait photograph by Arnold Genthe, 1923 May 18 (Library of Congress)
Maybe it’s just where I am in my life right now, but I liked this book a great deal.
Maugham based the protagonist Phillip Carey on his own life and that of people he knew. It’s about the search for meaning.
Maugham could have used a better editor as there were some odd quirks, but 94 years after its initial publication the story it tells rings true.
In reading this book, I was struck by similarities with Robertson Davies and Thomas Mann.
