The Letters of Evelyn Waugh Author:Evelyn Waugh, Mark Amory (Editor) Evelyn Waugh was one of the great literary practitioners of the 20th century. Whether novels or reports of travel, essays or criticism, his work is of a consistently high order. — The same is true of his letters. Though not intended for publication, Waugh's correspondence was by turns witty, profound and impeccable. He was an indefatigable wr... more »iter and exchanged letters with some of the most noteworthy people of the century--on literary style with Graham Greene, religion with Thomas Merton. His interests ranged from society to politics to fashion. He was irreverent and acid-tongue, famous for his dislike of Americans.
"This record of a life in letters is more formal than a diary but more intimate than an autobiography, and thus more revealing and truthful than either."« less