Cakes and Ale

CakesandAleisadelicioussatireofLondonliterarysocietybetweentheWars.SocialclimberAlroyKearisflatteredwhenheisselectedbyEdwardDriffield'swifetopentheofficialbiographyofherlionizednovelisthusband,anddeterminedtowriteabestseller.ButthenKeardiscoversthegreatnovelist'svoluptuousmuse(andunlikelyfirstwife),Rosie.Thelively,lovingheroineoncegaveDriffieldenoughmaterialtolastalifetime,butnowhermemorycastsanembarrissingshadowoverhiscareerandrespectableimage.Wise,witty,deeplysatisfying,CakesandAleisMaughamathisbest.