The Narrow Corner Author:W. Somerset Maugham A DEADLY REFUGE — It was the kind of island where men came to hide, the kind of place where anything could happen-far off the main course. Here is Maugham's powerful novel of three men who came to this island- an exiled doctor, a corrupt sea captain and a young criminal-whose lives are all shattered by one strange, exotic girl. "Far and away the ... more »best of the stories of conflicting civilizations and characters." The New York Times« less