Description
A sharp, darkly comic portrait of English life unfolds as a young Oxford graduate drifts through 1930s society, colliding with privilege, pretension, and the uneasy machinery of class. Moving between the interwar years and the shifting moral landscape of the time, the story traces how relationships—especially those formed with an aristocratic circle—can both enchant and unravel. With its satirical edge and keen eye for hypocrisy, the novel explores themes of faith and doubt, nostalgia’s seductions, and the slow, often humiliating decline of the English nobility. Written in Evelyn Waugh’s distinctive style—witty, unsparing, and richly observant—it offers a memorable blend of comedy and melancholy that lingers long after the final page.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2010
512 pages
ISBN: 9780141193687
Reviews
No ratings yet. Be the first!
No written reviews yet.
Details
First Published
2010
Language
eng
Content Warnings
No content warnings identified.