Evelyn Waugh a life revisited
"Now, half a century after Waugh's death in 1966, Philip Eade has delivered a hugely entertaining biography that is both authoritative and full of new information, some of it sensational. Drawing on extensive unseen primary sources, Eade's book sheds new light on many of the key phases and themes of...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Eade, Philip, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Evelyn Waugh : |b a life revisited / |c Philip Eade. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York: |b Picador, |c 2017. | |
| 300 | |a xxx, 403 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates: |b illustrations, genealogical tables; |c 23 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published in Great Britain in 2016 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Second son -- The sadism of youth -- Serving Lord Kitchener -- A lesser place than Eton -- Watertight compartments -- All that one dreams -- His poor dead heart -- Pure as the driven slush -- Becoming a man of letters -- Shevelyn -- A common experience, I'm told -- Perversion to Rome -- The Dutch girl -- Off to the forest -- I can't advise you in my favour -- Goodness she is a decent girl -- A war to end Waugh -- Head unbloodied but bowed -- A book to bring tears -- The occupation -- Off my rocker -- Suitably sequestered -- Decline and fall - Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a "Now, half a century after Waugh's death in 1966, Philip Eade has delivered a hugely entertaining biography that is both authoritative and full of new information, some of it sensational. Drawing on extensive unseen primary sources, Eade's book sheds new light on many of the key phases and themes of Waugh's life: his difficult relationship with his embarrassingly sentimental father; his formative homosexual affairs at Oxford; his unrequited love for various Bright Young Things; his disastrous first marriage; his momentous conversion to Roman Catholicism; his unconventional yet successful second marriage; his checkered wartime career; and his shattering nervous breakdown. Along the way, we come to understand not only Waugh's complex relationship with the aristocracy, but also the astonishing power of his wit, and the love, fear, and loathing that he variously inspired in others. Waugh was famously difficult, and Eade brilliantly captures the myriad facets of his character even as he casts new light on the novels that have dazzled generations of readers"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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