{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c446fed8-3792-4a23-9aef-4756e7190286/61b9fe2a0285e1001211dddf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dreadfully Common: Maugham 'Cakes and Ale' (1930)","description":"<p>Nothing got past the beady-eyes of the censors, who decided a book about literary celebrity was indecent. The vigilantes who policed the bookshops were equally sharp, initiating a prosecution when ‘Cakes and Ale’ was on sale openly. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>It’s subtitle was ‘The Skeleton in the Cupboard’ hinting that it is about a dirty shameful secret. It’s a great tease isn’t it – what is the skeleton and who’s keeping the cupboard under lock and key?</li><li>Apparently, Hugh Walpole recognised himself immediately in Alroy Kear. He sat up all night reading it, in tears, with one sock on.</li><li>In August 1931, C. O’Keeffe a Cork bookseller, was summonsed for ‘exposing a prohibited book for sale’.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Join me on Patreon for show notes and unexpurgated guest interviews: <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/censoredpod</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have stickers… <a href=\"https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://censoredpod.bigcartel.com/</a></p>","author_name":"Aoife Bhreatnach"}