Ah King is a striking collection of Maugham's finest stories about life and love in the lush tropics he knows so well: Neil MacAdam -- A native young man fights seduction at the hands of the voluptuous wife of his best friend... Footprints in the Jungle -- The Cartwrights were a charming couple. Only Inspector Gaze knew that their marriage was founded on adultery and murder... The Book-Bag -- Tim Hardy and his sister have a strange sexual relationship on a remote rubber plantation. His marriage to another girl brings a tragic climax that shatters three lives... The Vessel of Wrath -- Ginger Ted was a brawling, wenching beachcomber. Only the missionary's spinster sister could hope to tame him...