'Life has no meaning, better accept this than go on searching for it'
This book is generally accepted to be a semi autobiographical novel by Somerset Maughan. The slow meandering through a bleak childhood, boarding school and a search for a meaning full life, love and occupation. Most loved this book, finding in the story and prose meaning and elegance. A certain amount of fingers over the eyes as the eponymous hero continues to miss his chances, love the wrong people and be beguiled into trying something new and wrong for him. Others loathed it, finding it over written and boring. But this dichotomy of opinions drew an excellent discussion as each side fought their corner.
Words used to discribe it: wretched, compelling little fucker, one of the great works of the 20th Century (not unanimous), frustrating, influencial, dramatic, compelling, under rated English treasure, the human story, loathsome. Marked variedly between 2 & 9
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