Blade's edge

Author: Maugham
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Maugham is hailed as a storytelling British writer. The Razor's Edge is one of his major works. American pilot Larry Darrell meets an Irish comrade in the military. During a battle, this comrade sacrifices himself to save Larry. Larry becomes disillusioned with life and struggles to understand why there is evil and suffering in the world. After being demobilized, Larry refuses to attend university or seek employment, determined to seek the ultimate meaning of life. For this, he leaves his fiancée and comes to Paris, then travels the world from Paris, finally ending up in India, where he achieves profound enlightenment about life. He returns to the United States, becomes a self-sufficient taxi driver, and plans to blend into the crowd, living out his days in obscurity.