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Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday | W. Somerset Maugham
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For Christmas, Charley Mason's father granted him a trip to Paris, all expenses paid. It should have been a lark, but on his first night Charley meets a woman whose story will forever change his life. For Lydia has seen tragedy. The Russian Revolution displaced her family, left her homeless, fatherless. And for reasons that elude Charley, Lydia pines for a man half a world away--a dope dealer and murderer whose sins Lydia seeks to absolve through her own self- destruction. Haunting, erotic, deeply effecting, Christmas Holiday explores two souls capsized by compassion--and the confusion that engulfed a generation in the days between the Great Wars.
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Dostoyes
Christmas Holiday | W. Somerset Maugham
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Bailedbailed

Best review I read of this book was from Goodreads, by Ashley kemp: “Relatively wealthy young man meets poor people and says holy shit.”

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BookNAround 🤣 That‘s a pure gold review! (edited) 1w
Dostoyes Yes it perfectly summed it up! lol 1w
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BakingAndBooks
Christmas Holiday | W. Somerset Maugham
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Just a little Christmas reading. Happy holidays!

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HotCocoaReads
Christmas Holiday | W. Somerset Maugham
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Pickpick

This book is not what I expected—a young Englishman takes his Christmas holiday in Paris to meet up with an old friend and instead, his safe little world crumbles down after meeting a Russian girl and spending the weekend with her. Not super Christmas-y, but thought-provoking.

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