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1930•262 pages•Published•CHI•User Reviews

Cakes and Ale or The skeleton in the cupboard

3.5/ 5
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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.

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Book Details

First Published

1930

Pages

262 pages

Rating

3.5 / 5

Ratings

4

Editions

36

Publisher

Triangle Books

Language

CHI, ENG

Status

Published

The People Behind The Book

Authors

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