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Up at the Villa

by W. Somerset Maugham
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Mary Panton is a young widow; her alcoholic, violent husband was killed in a car accident, and now she lives in a friend’s villa. Her life is quiet, but she is content – until things are thrown off kilter by the appearance of Karl Richter, an Austrian art student fleeing the Nazis. At first Mary and Karl are drawn together by their shared sense of loss, but Karl’s scars run much deeper than Mary realizes, and she finds herself caught in a web of deceit and death.
 
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Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

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  • ISBN: 9780771060205
  • File size: 165 KB
  • Release date: June 7, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9780771060205
  • File size: 165 KB
  • Release date: June 7, 2016

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Classic Literature Fiction Literature Mystery

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English

Mary Panton is a young widow; her alcoholic, violent husband was killed in a car accident, and now she lives in a friend’s villa. Her life is quiet, but she is content – until things are thrown off kilter by the appearance of Karl Richter, an Austrian art student fleeing the Nazis. At first Mary and Karl are drawn together by their shared sense of loss, but Karl’s scars run much deeper than Mary realizes, and she finds herself caught in a web of deceit and death.
 
Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
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Classic Literature Fiction Literature Mystery
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