【入圍國際布克獎《夕霧花園》作者陳團英2023年新作】 曾以《夕霧花園》入選曼布克國際獎短名單的馬來西亞作家陳團英，根據真實歷史事件，書寫1920年代的檳城與知名作家毛姆鮮為人知的故事。 It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert’s, comes to stay. Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write. The more Lesley’s friendship with Willie grows, the more clearly she see him as he is - a man who has no choice but to mask his true self.