Awards
- Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Bisexual Nonfiction) 2011
Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Collins
Dimensions:
Width: 15.90cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.445kg
ISBN: 9780060881313
ISBN 10: 0060881313
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 March 2011
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A considerable contribution to literary history...includes enough gossipy asides to intrigue readers. --Publishers Weekly
A sharp, entertaining literary biography...A perceptive study of how Evelyn Waugh emerged from middle-class beginnings to inhabit the tony corridors described in BRIDESHEAD REVISITED. --Kirkus Reviews An engaging book...remarkably thorough...Deftly interweaving biographical details and textual analysis, Byrne makes the connections between Waugh's art, Roman Catholic faith, and life dance. --Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor A splendid new book...While displaying the research values of a scholar Byrne also manages to write with the panache and timing of a popular novelist. --Alexander Waugh, Daily Beast An utterly captivating and generous book with all the intimacy of a diary and the scholarly soundness of a fine biography...A singular accomplishment. --Chicago Tribune A considerable contribution to literary history...includes enough gossipy asides to intrigue readers. --Publishers Weekly Remarkable...not only a meticulously researched biography but also an enjoyable read. --Library Journal 'Mad World' is the perfect title for this sparkling book, a hybrid of family romance, incisive literary criticism, and deliciously hot gossip. --Martin Rubin, Washington Times Altogether excellent and wickedly entertaining...Scandalous detail enlivens every page of this delicious biography...Over the years I've read all the major biographies of Evelyn Waugh, and Byrne's is...the fastest moving and the most fun. --Michael Dirda, Washington Post Well-researched and absorbing. --Booklist An utterly captivating and generous book with all the intimacy of a diary and the scholarly soundness of a fine biography A singular accomplishment. --Chicago Tribune Altogether excellent and wickedly entertaining Scandalous detail enlivens every page of this delicious biography Over the years I ve read all the major biographies of Evelyn Waugh, and Byrne s is the fastest moving and the most fun. --Michael Dirda, Washington Post Remarkable not only a meticulously researched biography but also an enjoyable read. --Library Journal A splendid new book While displaying the research values of a scholar Byrne also manages to write with the panache and timing of a popular novelist. --Alexander Waugh, Daily Beast Mad World is the perfect title for this sparkling book, a hybrid of family romance, incisive literary criticism, and deliciously hot gossip. --Martin Rubin, Washington Times An engaging book remarkably thorough Deftly interweaving biographical details and textual analysis, Byrne makes the connections between Waugh s art, Roman Catholic faith, and life dance. --Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor Well-researched and absorbing. --Booklist A considerable contribution to literary history includes enough gossipy asides to intrigue readers. --Publishers Weekly A sharp, entertaining literary biography A perceptive study of how Evelyn Waugh emerged from middle-class beginnings to inhabit the tony corridors described in BRIDESHEAD REVISITED. --Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Paula Byrne is the critically acclaimed author of five biographies, including Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice, The Real Jane Austen, and Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead. She lives in Oxford, England, with her husband, the academic and biographer Jonathan Bate.
