Evelyn Waugh: A Biography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few literary figures of the twentieth century lived as dramatically as Evelyn Waugh — novelist, satirist, convert, and controversialist — and Christopher Sykes, a personal friend, chronicles that remarkable life with rare intimacy and authority. From Waugh's privileged yet turbulent childhood and his dazzling ascent through Oxford and London society, to his celebrated novels, bitter wars of faith, and the corrosive melancholy of his later years, this biography presents a portrait of one of Britain's most brilliant and difficult men. Sykes brings to the page an insider's knowledge and a biographer's precision, illuminating the contradictions at the heart of his subject: the genius who craved order yet courted chaos, the devout Catholic whose cruelty was legendary, and the comic writer whose darkest work cut closest to the bone. Drawing on personal correspondence and direct acquaintance, this account remains the essential companion to the Waugh canon — and leaves the reader wondering whether the man or the myth was the greater invention.
Author: Christopher Sykes
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few literary figures of the twentieth century lived as dramatically as Evelyn Waugh — novelist, satirist, convert, and controversialist — and Christopher Sykes, a personal friend, chronicles that remarkable life with rare intimacy and authority. From Waugh's privileged yet turbulent childhood and his dazzling ascent through Oxford and London society, to his celebrated novels, bitter wars of faith, and the corrosive melancholy of his later years, this biography presents a portrait of one of Britain's most brilliant and difficult men. Sykes brings to the page an insider's knowledge and a biographer's precision, illuminating the contradictions at the heart of his subject: the genius who craved order yet courted chaos, the devout Catholic whose cruelty was legendary, and the comic writer whose darkest work cut closest to the bone. Drawing on personal correspondence and direct acquaintance, this account remains the essential companion to the Waugh canon — and leaves the reader wondering whether the man or the myth was the greater invention.