Cakes And Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard - Brossura

Maugham, W. Somerset

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ISBN 10: 0140006516 ISBN 13: 9780140006513

Casa editrice: Penguin, 1977

Riassunto

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 embarrissing shadow over his career and respectable image.  Wise, witty, deeply satisfying, Cakes and Ale is Maugham at his best.

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Recensione:

"[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

L'autore:

W. Somerset Maugham lived in France and England. He died in 1965.

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• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0140006516
• ISBN 13: 9780140006513
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208