The author contrasts outward appearances with inner passions in Singapore between the Wars through the characters of a suave lawyer, Mr Joyce, and the rustic rubber planter, Robert Crosbie.
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The Casuarina tree of the title is native to Australasia and Southeast Asia, often used to stabilise soils.
Lefferts' name or her distinctive "W.E.L." signature appears on many book jackets, including the U.S. edition of W. Somerset Maugham's The Casuarina Tree (1926), DuBose Heyward's Angel (1926) and M. P. Shiel's Dr. Krasinski's Secret (1929).
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