{"product_id":"cakes-and-ale-the-modern-library","title":"Cakes and Ale (The Modern Library, No. 270)","description":"xii, 272 pp. With a special introduction for this edition by Mr. Maugham. Cakes and Ale is a satire of London literary society between the Wars first published in 1930. 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 embarrassing shadow over his career and respectable image. Wise, witty, deeply satisfying, Cakes and Ale is Maugham at his best.","brand":"The Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40036598284358,"sku":"2325136","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2325136.jpg?v=1652197067","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/cakes-and-ale-the-modern-library","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}