Possible Clues:

• Flashy
• Poor quality marble, lacking interest
• Attempt to include fancy wad that's cheap and showy
• After short time children's author becomes vulgar
• Cheap, poor-quality
• Shoddy to toy heartlessly with troubled ward
• A large marble drive and yard is cheap and gaudy
• Tasteless cheers, prohibitionist drinking whisky
• Sleazy alley having no pubs
• Gaudy temple set up with uninteresting foundation