Tan Twan Eng's new novel 'The House of Doors' employs W. Somerset Maugham : NPR

The writer W. Somerset Maugham plays a central role Tan Twan Eng's entrancing new novel that encompasses at-the-time risky interracial and homosexual love stories and a scandalous murder trial.

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