Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset
Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius.
Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also
a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues
his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest
makes sacrifices that leaves the lives of those closest to him in tatters.
Through Maugham's sympathetic eye Stricland's tortured and cruel soul becomes a
symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the
cost in humans lives