The Razor's Edge Author:W. Sommerset Maugham Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fianc?e Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob.??Maugham himself wanders in a... more »nd out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates.« less