A terrifically engaging and original biography of one of England's greatest novelists, Evelyn Waugh, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched, and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his masterpiece, Brideshead Revisited. Fans of The Mitfords, D.J. Taylor's Bright Young People, and Alexander Waugh's Fathers and Sons, as well as Anglophiles in general, will find much to savor in Paula Byrne's wonderful Mad World.
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Publisher:
New York : Harper, c2010.
Edition:
First U.S. edition
ISBN:
9780060881306
Characteristics:
xi, 367 pages, [16] pages of plates :,illustrations (some color), portraits ;,24 cm.
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Add a CommentUseless people leading useless lives. I just could not feel empathy for them. Evelyn Waugh still came across as a nasty man despite the author's efforts.
I've read almost all of Evelyn Waugh's books and "Brideshead" is a favorite. It was very interesting to read the backstory and about yet another doomed and dysfunctional aristocratic family. It was also interesting to learn more about E Waugh and another side to his personality. Very interesting!