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When Arthur Waugh won the Newdigate Prize for poetry in 1888, he broke with the family tradition of working in medicine, but created a new trade for the Waughs that continues to today: writing. His two sons, Alec and Evelyn, both followed in his profession and, like so many other sons, faced accusations of preference because of who their father was. Their sibling rivalry was formed by Arthur's clear favouritism towards Alec, but Evelyn emerged to become one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century.
Evelyn's son Auberon also struggled to emerge from his father's shadow, and developed a career as one of Britain's best-loved and most original columnists. Now his son, Alexander, has taken up the baton. This is the story of four generations of a brilliant family, all of whom have written about their relationships with their fathers and sons. It is also a book that reveals much about the nature of how any family copes with its own rivalry.
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Written with wit, great shrewdness and without a trace of sentimentality.' (William Boyd, Guardian)
Fathers and Sons is often very funny, as well as deeply affecting. It is sometimes shocking, too (Glasgow Herald)
Hugely entertaining (Spectator)
This remarkable account of a remarkable family makes engrossing reading. (William Trevor, Guardian)
This is a very sweet and fearful book - sweet because it is full of affection, and fearful because of the danger perceived in expressing it (Spectator)
Fascinating study of four generations of his family's paternal-filial relationships... All fathers and sons should read it (Humphrey Carpenter, Sunday Times)
A vivid and study of paternal-filial relationships in four generations of the Waugh family (Humphrey Carpenter, Sunday Times)
Five generations illuminate the repeated relationship of FATHERS AND SONS... Their continuing story is told with humour and panache, with considerable inside knowledge and a perception that make this remarkable chronicle a delight to read (Spectator)
Fathers and Sons fulfils the first requirement of Waugh family values: it is funny (Telegraph)
In an intimate family memoir, Alexander Waugh has revealed the secrets of one of Britain's greatest - and most eccentric - literary dynasties (Mail on Sunday)
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Alexander Waugh's remarkable account of his family's turbulent history will fascinate anyone interested in the Waughs or in understanding the most important male relationship
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- PublisherHeadline
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0755312546
- ISBN 13 9780755312542
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages480
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