{"product_id":"kept-a-story-of-post-war-london-9781448201303","title":"Kept: A Story of Post-War London","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alec Waugh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\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 tête-à -têtes. \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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45084700803223,"sku":"9781448201303","price":1767.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781448201303.webp?v=1767264698","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/kept-a-story-of-post-war-london-9781448201303","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}