Portrait of the artist as a young Buddha. Scared by his experience in World War I, Larry walks away from his fiancée and comfortable life among the nouveau riche of 1920's Chicago and bums around Europe and Asia seeking Enlightenment. Unfortunately Larry's saintliness makes for kind of a dull stor...
A friend of mine recommended this book to me over ten years ago now because he thought I resembled the main character, and I can't deny it.It began my "love affair" with Maugham.
When I first read this, I was too overwhelmed to try to sum up my feelings about it with just a bit of text. (Plus, I wasn't on Goodreads at the time.) There is still no earthly way that I can convey how fantastic this book is, but I did want to mention what still strikes me years later. In the h...