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A Turbulent Decade - 1976-1985 - The Diaries of Auberon Waugh |
It was these scurrilous diary entries that first led to my (still un-cancelled!) Private Eye subscription and re-reading them is a real trip back to a different country of half-remembered scandal and gossip-mongering. Waugh's acerbic wit offended many at the time but his turn of phrase and sometimes startling imagery reminded me of an embittered, reactionary Eddie Izzard with an underlying but well concealed morality. I was grateful for the numerous explanatory footnotes though.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 46 June 2008) |
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Will This Do ? |
Looking round for something light and amusing to read, I came across this columnist's autobiography up to the age of 50 which I had enjoyed when it came out in 1991. It admirably fitted the bill and frequently proved hilarious. There is little doubt that he inherited his novelist father Evelyn's taste for wilful eccentricity.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 23 April 2004) |
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