Cakes and Ale
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
5 December 2000
Summary
Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield’s wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist’s voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, loving heroine once gave Driffield enough material to last a lifetime, but now her memory casts an embar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375725029 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375725024 |
| Author: | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 5 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Vintage International |
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”[Maugham] is a master for creating the appetite for information, of withholding it until the right moment, and then providing it surprisingly.”
”[Maugham] is a master for creating the appetite for information, of withholding it until the right moment, and then providing it surprisingly.” –Evelyn Waugh
“Maugham is a catty delight.” –The Boston Globe
About The Author
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham lived in France and England. He died in 1965.
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