{"product_id":"9781448202621","title":"Kept: A Story of Post-War London","description":"First published in 1925, this is a 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155288998128,"sku":"9781448202621","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448202621_p0.jpg?v=1763829489","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448202621","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}