{"product_id":"2026100009014-secondhand-the-razors-edge-a-novel","title":"The Razor's Edge: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First UK Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: unclipped dj - worn, faded and chipped. Binding slightly shaky. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to truly live — and is salvation worth the cost of everything the world calls success? The Razor's Edge chronicles the restless journey of Larry Darrell, a young American veteran of the First World War who, shattered by the trauma of combat, abandons a comfortable life of wealth and social expectation to pursue spiritual enlightenment across Europe and India. Narrated with elegant detachment by a character named Maugham himself, the novel contrasts Larry's austere quest for meaning against the glittering, morally hollow ambitions of his wealthy Chicago acquaintances, painting a vivid portrait of the Lost Generation adrift between the wars.\n\nMaugham writes with a cool, ironic precision that dissects the vanities of high society while simultaneously honouring the sincerity of a soul in genuine search. Drawing its epigraph from the Katha Upanishad — *The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard* — the novel argues that enlightenment demands a sacrifice most people are unwilling to make. A meditation on spirituality, the emptiness of materialism, and the divergent paths human lives can take, this masterwork of 20th-century fiction leaves the reader asking a quietly devastating question: what, in the end, are *you* living for?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49309665951963,"sku":"2026100009014-SECONDHAND","price":300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c90469c5-ded3-4d99-9628-0f209a52c6ec.png?v=1789454805","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009014-secondhand-the-razors-edge-a-novel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}