Cakes and Ale — W. Somerset Maugham (green cloth hardback)
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Description
'Cakes and Ale' is a 1930 novel by W. Somerset Maugham, presented as the memoir of the novelist William Ashenden, who is drawn into writing the biography of the celebrated writer Edward Driffield. As Ashenden investigates Driffield’s life, he encounters conflicting versions of the writer’s past, particularly concerning his first wife, Rosie, whose unconventional character challenges the respectable image presented by Driffield’s widow. With wit and satire, Maugham explores literary reputation, hypocrisy, social convention and the difference between public respectability and private life. The novel is also notable for its affectionate portrait of the pleasures and imperfections of ordinary life.
Condition
Fair condition, wear to the cover.
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