Cakes and Ale, Somerset Maugham made into films Archer takes us to places

Archer takes us to places we've never seen and introduces us to people we'll never forget

a mango-besotted crow

Pursued by assassins

so don't delay

An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling

Cakes and Ale, Somerset Maugham made into films Archer takes us to placesCakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, loving heroine once gave Driffield enough material to last a lifetime, but now