{"product_id":"9781448201303","title":"Kept : A Story of Post-War London","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eKept\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alec Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\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 tête-à-têtes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781448201303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40600494506190,"sku":"9781448201303","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781448201303","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}