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Decline and Fall is an excellent read, and I did enjoy Sword of Honor, but I never much cared for any of his other work; I think perhaps I read them a little to

• a_seattle_ian 3y ago
  The 1965 movie The Loved One based on Waugh's book is one of my favorites.
• charlysl 3y ago
  Scoop?
• OJFord 3y ago
  Not even Brideshead? Though I confess I did see the ITV series first, can't know what I'd think of it to read without having those characters/actors' interpretations in mind, which definitely skews it.
• gilleain 3y ago
  Recently got into reading Waugh, and really loved 'Handful of Ashes' - some of the interactions between the characters feel very modern somehow. Also his ability to write characters is amazing. Anyway, enough of the terrible literary criticism. Far more important is this line from Waugh's wiki page: > The twin blows were sufficient for him to consider suicide. He records that he went down to a nearby beach and, leaving a note with his clothes, walked out to sea. An attack by jellyfish changed his mind, and he returned quickly to the shore I feel that 'He records that' is a polite way to say "this is obvious nonsense". I mean, sure it's possible that Waugh decided not to commit suicide due to jellyfish, but it certainly seems suspiciously like something that a character in his novels would do ...