Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh was a British satirical novelist whose savage comedies of English upper-class life are considered masterworks of the form. Scoop, Decline and Fall, and Vile Bodies established his reputation for brilliant social satire edged with genuine malice.
Works
- Decline and FallSatire following a schoolmaster's catastrophic decline in fortune
- Vile BodiesSatire of post-war London society's wild excess and frivolity
- A Handful of DustNovel of an English family's tragic dissolution in tropical captivity
- Brideshead RevisitedNovel exploring forbidden love, faith, and guilt in a wealthy family
- Sword of HonourTrilogy of World War Two novels examining military and moral duty
- ScoopSatirical novel of incompetent journalism and international diplomacy