Description
A sharp, darkly comic satire, this novel follows Paul Pennyfeather, a well-meaning but hopelessly outmatched young man whose life is derailed by the very social games he barely understands. From his time at Oxford—where he is swept into the mischief of the Bollinger Club—to a widening chain of humiliations and misadventures, Paul’s fortunes spiral in ways that are both absurd and revealing. Waugh’s razor-edged wit skewers privilege, institutional hypocrisy, and the self-serving rituals of respectable society, turning each setback into a new lens on human folly. With its brisk pacing and biting observational style, the book establishes Waugh’s distinctive talent for making the collapse of dignity feel irresistibly entertaining.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
Published Jul 5, 2001
256 pages
ISBN: 9780141180908
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Details
First Published
1928
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh.