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This is wonderful. It's sad that both the writer in Waugh's mould, and the interview in this style, seem like relics of a bygone era.
by jonahx 11y ago
This is wonderful.
It's sad that both the writer in Waugh's mould, and the interview in this style, seem like relics of a bygone era.
- nickff 11y agoCould you please elaborate on what you mean when you say there are no more writers in Waugh's mold? I have read his major works, and enjoyed them tremendously, but think that the reason I haven't found recent works of similar literary merit may be a lack of perspective.
- jonahx 11y agoI've only read a few of Waugh's novels, but love A Handful of Dust. My comment was about the interview though. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a writer today who, without apparent pretense, begins an interview by putting on a robe, complaining authoritatively about the lack of good views in London hotels, retiring to the bedroom while bullying the interviewer into smoking a cigar with aristocratic aplomb, and tearing down his own work and that of his contemporaries with casual precision.