Cakes And Ale

When social climber Alroy Kear is given a plum commission to write the biography of recently deceased and highly regarded author Edward Driffield by Driffield's second wife, Kear needs background on Driffield's early years. Kear reaches out to an acquaintance, fellow author William Ashenden, who knew Driffield and his first wife Rosie while Driffield was early in his career and still largely unknown. Set in London during interwar years, W. Somerset Maugham skillfully weaves an engaging and ...