The Diaries Of Auberon Waugh: A Turbulent Decade 1976-1985
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few voices in twentieth-century British journalism crackle with as much irreverent wit and savage intelligence as Auberon Waugh's, and The Diaries of Auberon Waugh: A Turbulent Decade 1976–1985 presents the finest distillation of that voice. Originally published in the pages of Private Eye, these diary entries chronicle a decade of British political and cultural life with a gleeful, often merciless eye — skewering politicians, public moralists, and social pretensions with the precision of a surgeon and the glee of a born satirist. The son of Evelyn Waugh, Auberon inherited his father's gift for withering prose but deployed it in the distinctly modern arena of weekly journalism, transforming the diary format into a high art form of comic outrage. Illustrated by William Rushton, this collection is as much a social document of Thatcher-era Britain as it is a showcase of one man's gloriously unrepentant worldview. For those who have never encountered Waugh's diaries, this volume promises a revelation — and for those who have, a reminder of just how much we have lost.
Author: Auberon Waugh
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few voices in twentieth-century British journalism crackle with as much irreverent wit and savage intelligence as Auberon Waugh's, and The Diaries of Auberon Waugh: A Turbulent Decade 1976–1985 presents the finest distillation of that voice. Originally published in the pages of Private Eye, these diary entries chronicle a decade of British political and cultural life with a gleeful, often merciless eye — skewering politicians, public moralists, and social pretensions with the precision of a surgeon and the glee of a born satirist. The son of Evelyn Waugh, Auberon inherited his father's gift for withering prose but deployed it in the distinctly modern arena of weekly journalism, transforming the diary format into a high art form of comic outrage. Illustrated by William Rushton, this collection is as much a social document of Thatcher-era Britain as it is a showcase of one man's gloriously unrepentant worldview. For those who have never encountered Waugh's diaries, this volume promises a revelation — and for those who have, a reminder of just how much we have lost.