From the end of the 1920s, the Côte d'Azur became a refuge and a place of inspiration for British and American authors.
Fifty-seven years after his death, who still reads Somerset Maugham?
However, a good part of his books are available in paperback in several collections (10/18, Points, Livre de poche, “Pavillons”, “La Petite Vermillon”…) and a publisher has even just published the first complete translation of
L 'Bewitched
(The Ringer).
And then we rediscovered the old "Willie" in 2013 thanks to the tandem Floc'h and Rivière, whose graphic novel
Villa Mauresque
told the story through the testimonies of his relatives.
On the cover of the album, the old author appeared, hard-faced, swimming in the swimming pool of his villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, under the gaze of a naked man, Gerald Haxton, who was his assistant secretary. and companion between 1914 and 1944.
Villa Mauresque
, by Floc'h & Rivière, La Table Ronde, 92 p., €20.
The round table
This swimming pool was to be, four years later, at the heart of the plot of
Traps of Exile
, the 11th part…
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