{"product_id":"cakes-and-ale-by-w-somerset-maugham-heinemann-1980","title":"Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham - Heinemann, 1979","description":"\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Cakes and Ale\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: W. Somerset Maugham\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Heinemann\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 1979\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover in jacket, English\u003cbr\u003eCondition: This book is in good condition for its age with minor wear.\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReader's note\u003c\/h2\u003eOf all Maugham’s novels Cakes and Ale is the gayest. The entrancing character of Rosie, a barmaid with a history and a heart of gold, places the book, as creative literature, on a level with Of Human Bondage. Rosie, in less decorous days, had been married to a famous author whose second wife later nursed him into the position of Grand Old Man of English letters. Some have professed to see a likeness to Thomas Hardy in Edward Driffield, and Hugh Walpole in Alroy Kear, the ambitious but untalented biographer. Maugham, however, has denied any such connection.","brand":"Country House Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420991435131,"sku":"10920347","price":12.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2458\/8207\/files\/orig_530811_jpg.jpg?v=1789570313","url":"https:\/\/countryhouselibrary.co.uk\/products\/cakes-and-ale-by-w-somerset-maugham-heinemann-1980","provider":"Country House Library ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}