Category Archives: Fiction

Roundup: Writers on Waugh

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Jeffrey Manley

–Two writers have posted a discussion of Waugh’s novel The Loved One. This is on YouTube and involves PhDs Kevin McAleer and Bruce Newsome, each of whom has written a book satirizing California. Here is a description of their talk: … Continue reading →

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First-of-the-Year Roundup

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Jeffrey Manley

—Prospect Magazine has posted an interview of novelist William Boyd by Cosmo Adair. It begins with a discussion of Boyd’s latest novels (several dealing with spies) and proceeds back from that. Here’s an excerpt: …Of all the spy writers, Graham … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year and Welcome to Public Domain

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Jeffrey Manley

Several papers have been carrying the story on books to be released today (1 January 2026) from copyright publishing restrictions and into the public domain. Among these, Waugh’s Vile Bodies has been prominently mentioned. It was published as his second … Continue reading →

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Christmas Greetings from EWS

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–Christmas was not a particularly happy time for the adult Evelyn Waugh, if only because his children were home from school. Here’s an example posted on a Substack.com website by Paul Fishman. This is taken from Waugh’s diaries (p. 668): … Continue reading →

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John Carey: b. 5 April 1935, d. 11 December 2025: R.I.P.

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

John Carey, former Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford and one of his generation’s most noted literary critics, died last week at the age of 92. His obituary appeared, inter alia, in the Guardian, The Times and the Daily … Continue reading →

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Mid-December Roundup

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–Charles Moore writes in the Daily Telegraph a critique of the newly issued US National Security Strategy. The article is entitled “Civilisation erasure is real, but Donald Trump is part of the problem,” and opens with this: Amid stiff competition … Continue reading →

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Advent-tide Roundup

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Times has the review (dated 2 Dec.) of a book by Waugh biographer Paula Byrne that may be of interest. Here are the opening paragraphs: In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder remarks that Catholics appear “just like other people”. He is … Continue reading →

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Early December Roundup

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Sydney Morning Herald reviews Salman Rushdie’s latest book (probably referring to The Eleventh Hour). The review is by Australian literary critic Peter Craven and is headed: “Unsurprisingly, death is a recurring theme in Salman Rushdie.” It contains some mention … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving (USA) Roundup

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The New York Review of Books has reviewed a book by Kit Kowol entitled Blue Jerusalem. The review by Ferdinand Mount is entitled “Flipping Britain’s Postwar Script.” Here’s the opening: Controlling the narrative is the name of the game now. … Continue reading →

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Armistice Day Roundup

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–In a recent issue of Irish Times, Waugh came up in multiple stories. In a review of Elizabeth Day’s novel One of Us, the Times’ reviewer begins by noting that she …deploys one of fiction’s most reliable formulas. It is … Continue reading →

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