Review: Razor’s Edge, The

Razor’s Edge, The by Michael Page

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My journey through books about the meaning of life continued with W. Somerset Maugham’s The Razor’s Edge. While not as enlightening as Hesse’s Siddhartha, it was a solid, entertaining book, particularly for fans of Victorian British literature. Yes, I realize it was written after the Victorian era, but it nonetheless felt very, very Victorian.

It took me a little while to get into the book. For most of the story I simply didn’t care ab...