Outstanding … The House of Doors again displays [Eng’s] talent for atmospheric evocation of place and period … Beautifully detailed and encompassing the vagaries of Maugham’s life, the contours of his creativity and the personal and political tensions covertly quivering through the sultry colony around him, The House of Doors is a finely accomplished piece of work” Sunday Times.
“A tremendous feat of literary imagination. Highly evocative, richly observed and entirely convincing, it is a tour de force!”WILLIAM BOYD.
“Expertly constructed, tightly plotted and richly atmospheric”Financial Times.
“A pleasure to read … Tan’s style is formal, quiet, sedate but alive with detail”JOHN SELF The Critic.
“Perfectly poised … a fascinatingly layered novel … Through this deceptively lulling atmosphere, Twan has woven a superb, quietly complex tale of love, duty and betrayal” Literary Review.