{"product_id":"cakes-and-ale-by-w-somerset-maugham-paperback","title":"Cakes and Ale, by W. Somerset Maugham (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious biographer is asked to shape the public memory of a celebrated novelist, but the story he wants is not the whole truth. A fellow writer remembers the novelist's early years, the woman who helped inspire his best work, and the uneasy gap between private life and literary fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sharp, humane satire of English literary society looks at reputation, snobbery, desire, and the stories people tell after a writer is gone. First published in 1930, it remains one of the author's most admired novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43185057693905,"sku":"9781667667744","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781667667744_FC.jpg?v=1784126097","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/cakes-and-ale-by-w-somerset-maugham-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}