2: Lovers
Lesley is hit by the sudden realisation that Somerset Maugham and his secretary are lovers, in Tan Twan Eng's new novel of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire.
Based on real events, Tan Twan Eng's new novel of love and betrayal under the shadow of Empire.
Penang, 1921: Lesley Hamlyn and her husband Robert are visited by Willie, an old friend of Robert's, known to the world as the great novelist Somerset Maugham.
Willie is in an unhappy marriage, suddenly penniless and now struggling to write. But before he leaves to face his demons, Lesley finds herself confessing to him her innermost secrets, concerning a Chinese revolutionary and an Englishwoman accused of murder. What she tells him, could blow her marriage apart.
Today: Lesley is hit by the sudden realisation that her two new house guests are lovers....
Writer: Tan Twan Eng
Readers: Hattie Morahan + Julian Rhind-Tutt
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
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