After finishing Moby Dick I wanted a quicker read & picked this one up, hoping it was the source material for Bergman's film of the same title...(it's not)...it's "about" Crowley, from the refreshing perspective of someone who deeply disliked, quite possibly despised, him. Twas an entertaining read, and well written, but I tend to enjoy these shorter novels less than the big clunkers...
I left this book feeling similar to after The Moviegoer, or the shorter Hemingways(A Moveable Feast as the exception), kind of just meh...It had me transfixed for the greater part only to fizzle out near the end...I know of a few other Maughams, The Painted Veil, Of Human Bondage, The Razor's Edge...so I'm wondering if anyone here has read Maugham and would recommend any of his other works, or where to go next for a better feel of his writing. thanks