Waugh in Abyssinia (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Waugh, Evelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141185058 ISBN 13: 9780141185057

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2000

Synopsis

A witty account of Waugh's time in Abyssinia as a war correspondent

In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. His acerbic account of the intrigue and political machinations leading up to the crisis is coupled with amusing descriptions of the often bizarre and seldom straightforward life of a war correspondent rubbing shoulders with less-than-honest officials, Arab spies, pyjama-wearing radicals and disgruntled journalists. Witty, lucid and penetrating, Evelyn Waugh captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation.

About this title

About the Author:

Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. He was educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). Waugh travelled extensively and also wrote several travel books, as well as a biography of Edmund Campion and Ronald Knox. Other famous works include his Sword of Honour trilogy, and Brideshead Revisited (1945).

Synopsis:

In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. He tells of double-dealing officials, Arab spies, pyjama-wearing radicals and disgruntled journalists.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0141185058
• ISBN 13: 9780141185057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272