01114cam a2200241 4500 264304246 TxAuBib 20151222120000.0 940125s1967||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 67010394 9780140185881 paperback 0140185887 paperback (OCoLC)1250403 TxAuBib Maugham, W. Somerset, 1874-1965, (William Somerset.) Cakes and Ale : And Twelve Short Stories / by W. Somerset Maugham ; selected and with an introd. by Angus Wilson. New York : Doubleday, 1967. 512 p. : ill. Of all Somerset Maugham’s novels this is the most entertaining and arguably his best ever. Rosie is a barmaid with a heart of gold and a skeleton in her closet. Maugham’s portrait of her makes his novel fairly glow with witty observations of the contemporary literary scene. Features Willie Ashenden, who resurfaces in Maugham’s Ashenden. 20000801. Short stories. TXHAM