Cakes and Ale: Or the Skeleton in the Cupboard Summary
W. Somerset Maugham

Cakes and Ale: Or the Skeleton in the Cupboard Summary

Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham tells the story of author William Ashenden's series of contracts over decades with a greatly renowned novelist, and the need of his would-be biographer for details that William alone can provide. The novel deals with the craft of writing and the foibles of those who do it.

The narrator of Cakes and Ale, William Ashenden, a writer not currently in vogue, is approached by...

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