evelyn waugh

     

This "Brideshead Revisited" author's career was ascendant when he published his first novel, "Decline And Fall"

Trivia about evelyn waugh

  • He was the son of publisher Arthur Waugh & the brother of novelist Alec Waugh
  • A royal horse guard during World War II, he "revisited" the war in his "Sword of Honour" trilogy
  • The quirky hero of "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" is a self-caricature by this man who took us on a visit to Brideshead
  • Alec Waugh's first novel was "The Loom of Youth" in 1917; this brother's was "Decline and Fall" in 1928
  • This Brit's "The Loved One" satirized the California funeral industry
  • If you loved "The Loved One", here's a scoop: you'll like his novel "Scoop", too
  • In 1945 he wrote "Brideshead Revisited"--& FYI, the "e" that starts his 1st name is pronounced "ee", not "eh"
  • The Beast & the Brute are rival newspapers in "Scoop", a satirical novel by this author of "The Loved One"

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