Mad World by Paula Byrne
A terrifically engaging and original biography of one of England's greatest novelists, Evelyn Waugh, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched, and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of his life and inspired his masterpiece, Brideshead Revisited. Fans of The Mitfords, D.J. Taylor's Bright Young People, and Alexander Waugh's Fathers and Sons, as well as Anglophiles in general, will find much to savor in Paula Byrne's wonderful Mad World.Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice, The Real Jane Austen, and Crazy World: Evelyn Waugh and the Mysteries of Brideshead are among Paula Byrne's critically regarded biographies. She and her husband, scholar and biographer Jonathan Bate, live in Oxford, England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060881313 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060881313 |
| Title | Mad World |
| Author | Paula Byrne |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2011-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Lambda Literary Awards |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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