BRIDESHEAD REVISITED is not Waugh's best! I think my favorite of all is DECLINE AND FALL, which has the most delicious murder of any book I know. In the comic vein, I also prefer VILE BODIES and SCOOP. In the tragic/terrifying vein, A HANDFUL OF DUST and THE LOVED ONE.
I do like BRIDESHEAD a lot, but I can never feel that the style and voice are natural to Waugh.
Well, I should reread the earlier ones--it's been decades. At the time, I found them too chilly, almost contemptuous, but I wouldn't mind revisiting....
Yes, Waugh is harsh. I don't know that I'll ever be able to read BLAC MISCHIEF again. Try SCOOP. The humor is that one is pretty gentle. I just reread DECLINE AND FALL--again. I think it is my favorite of all his works. I don't know that I'd call Waugh contemptuous, but chilly, yes.
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED is not Waugh's best! I think my favorite of all is DECLINE AND FALL, which has the most delicious murder of any book I know. In the comic vein, I also prefer VILE BODIES and SCOOP. In the tragic/terrifying vein, A HANDFUL OF DUST and THE LOVED ONE.
I do like BRIDESHEAD a lot, but I can never feel that the style and voice are natural to Waugh.
Well, I should reread the earlier ones--it's been decades. At the time, I found them too chilly, almost contemptuous, but I wouldn't mind revisiting....
Yes, Waugh is harsh. I don't know that I'll ever be able to read BLAC MISCHIEF again. Try SCOOP. The humor is that one is pretty gentle. I just reread DECLINE AND FALL--again. I think it is my favorite of all his works. I don't know that I'd call Waugh contemptuous, but chilly, yes.