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 ) |
