This author of The Painted Veil included his recurring character of William Ashenden in his book Cakes and Ale.
In one novel by this author, Kitty accompanies her husband Walter Fane to a remote area where a cholera epidemic has been killing the Chinese people. Noël Coward dubbed this author "the lizard of Oz." This author satirized Hugh Walpole as the literary hack Alroy Kear in his novel in which Alroy tries to write a biography of (*) Edward Driffield. This author of The Painted Veil included his recurring character of William Ashenden in his book Cakes and Ale. In an autobiographical work, the club-footed protagonist falls in love with the waitress Mildred Rodgers. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about himself as Philip Carey in Of Human Bondage.
In one novel by this author, Kitty accompanies her husband Walter Fane to a remote area where a cholera epidemic has been killing the Chinese people.
William Somerset Maugham