Somerset Maugham, King of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

From the late 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 is still reading Somerset Maugham? However, most 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 his first complete translation. The bewitched (The Ringer). And then we rediscovered the old “Willy” in 2013 thanks to the tandem of Floc’h and Rivière, whose graphic novel Moorish villa He told his life story with the testimonies of his relatives. The album cover featured the old author, stern-faced, swimming in the 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 1914-1944.

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