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Wise, witty, deeply satisfying, Cakes and Ale is Maugham at his best.

The lively, loving heroine once gave Driffield enough material to last a lifetime, but now her memory casts an embarrissing shadow over his career and respectable image. Somerset Maugham, Introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare US12.97 Free delivery worldwide Available. But then Kear discovers the great novelist' s voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. Somerset Maugham - 9780099282778 Categories: Contemporary Fiction Classic Books & Novels Share Cakes And Ale 3.77 (6,899 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback English By (author) W. 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. Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930) Seine erste Frau (auch unter dem Titel Rosie und die Künstler. Er zählt zu den meistgelesenen englischsprachigen Autoren des 20. Somerset Maugham, war ein englischer Erzähler und Dramatiker. Wise, witty, deeply satisfying, Cakes and Ale is Maugham at his best. Dezember 1965 in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat bei Nizza), auch bekannt als W. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. Many consider this to be Maughams wittiest novel. Cakes and Ale is a comedy of literary England in the early decades of the 20th century narrated by Ashenden. 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. Maugham, English novelist, short-story writer, and playwright is best remembered for his novel Of Human Bondage.

Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham