{"product_id":"kept-alec-waugh-9781448201303","title":"Kept: A Story of Post-War London","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rich tale centred around the lives of Marjorie Fairfield, a beautiful and penniless young woman who is the mistress of a wealthy business man; and the symbolically named Ransom Heritage, one of the many young men who were cast adrift after the First World War ended and who has been abruptly deprived of a sense of purpose, ambition and hope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAround these young people and their circle whirls the carefree society of fashionable post-war London - a raucous, glamorous and perhaps slightly shrill world of cocktails and nightclubs, tea dances and illicit t?te-?-t?tes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWaugh depicts a frenetic society where all too many people are 'kept' in some way - financially, by a well-off lover, inherited capital, an unwanted husband; or more figuratively, by a reputation, a title - a relationship, even.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alec Waugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1448201306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448201303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.66d","brand":"Alec Waugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489264455935,"sku":"9781448201303","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d01e4ce-949e-4165-8b8f-f16ce308fd10.jpg?v=1736953044","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kept-alec-waugh-9781448201303","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}