Far Eastern Tales Is A Collection Of Short Stories Which Have Never Before Appeared Together. They Are All Born Of His Experience In Malaya, Singapore And Other Outposts Of The Former British Empire. Whether Portraying A Ship-Borne Flight From A Lover'S Curse, Murder In The Jungle Or The Remembered East Of A Repatriate'S Suburban Home, They All Reveal Maugham At His Best - Sometimes Caustic, Sometimes Gently Comic, But Always The Shrewd And Human Judge Of Character And Soul.
