Evelyn Waugh: A Biography - Hardcover

Hastings, Selina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039571821X ISBN 13: 9780395718216

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1995

Synopsis

Authorized by the English novelist's family, and drawing on his personal papers, letters, and diaries, this biography follows the author of Brideshead Revisited through his education at Oxford, his literary acclaim, and his conversion to Catholicism.

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Review:

"Her style is supremely elegant and her eye for detail brings dazzle and wit to every page... This is a monumental book." - "Independent on Sunday "Evelyn Waugh was the most complicated of men... It is the first great virtue of Selina Hastings's splendid biography that she never forgets it. Consequently she has written a sympathetic and highly intelligent book which also - rarity of rarities these days - reads rapidly. It is sympathetic also because, like Waugh himself, the author adores gossip." - "Daily Telegraph "Evelyn Waugh was one of the funniest writers in the language. Selina Hastings's book is alive with his humour." - "Sunday Express "Be assured that you would be unlikely to find a more entertaining, delightful or rewarding book on Waugh if you were to search... for the next twenty years. The narrative is at once gripping and thoughtful on every page." - "Mail On Sunday "From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the Publisher:

‘Evelyn Waugh was the most complicated of men...It is the first great virtue of Selina Hastings’s splendid biography that she never forgets it. Consequently she has written a sympathetic and highly intelligent book which also – rarity of rarities these days – reads rapidly. It is sympathetic also because, like Waugh himself, the author adores gossip.’Daily Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 039571821X
• ISBN 13: 9780395718216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 723