{"product_id":"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\n\n\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\n\n\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","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49743127216376,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":33.27,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781448201303-1.jpg?v=1783700655","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/zh\/products\/9781448201303","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}