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Category Archives: A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dutch
The Dutch business/economic journal Het Financieele Dagblad opens a story entitled “Tragish Akkoord” (Tragic Agreement) with a paragraph about Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust. This is written by by Ferdinand Grapperhaus and involves a complex political deal relating to labour rights in the Netherlands : Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Newspapers
Tagged Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Het Financieele Dagblad, labor law
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Frank Rich Names Waugh Novel His Book of the Year
Vanity Fair has reprinted a straw poll of leading journalists who were asked to choose their book of the year for 2016. Frank Rich, former drama critic for the New York Times and currently writer-at-large for New York Magazine, made … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Newspapers
Tagged Frank Rich, Hugh MacLennan, Louise Penny, Vanity Fair
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Waugh Among Top Sellers on AbeBooks
The Victoria, British Columbia, paper Times Colonist has published an interview of Richard Davies, a spokesman for the internet bookseller AbeBooks (which I believe originally was called ABE, standing for “Advanced Book Exchange”, but now has become a word unto itself). The company, now … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Bibliophilia, Interviews
Tagged AbeBooks, Richard Davies, Times Colonist
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Philip Eade Interviewed by National Review
An audio interview of Waugh’s biographer Philip Eade by National Review’s John J. Miller has been posted on the internet in Miller’s “Bookmonger” series. This may be found on the website Riccochet. It lasts about 10 minutes and begins with Miller asking … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged John J Miller, National Review, Philip Eade, Riccochet, William F Buckley Jr
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Weekly Standard Remembers Waugh
The latest issue of Weekly Standard carries an article memorializing Waugh in this 50th anniversary year of his death. This is by Algis Valiunas who is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. The essay begins with the familiar characterization … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Algis Valiunas, Weekly Standard
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Evelyn Waugh and “The Waste Land”
The Guardian has named T S Eliot’s “The Waste Land” as its latest selection in its 100 best non-fiction books. See earlier post. Once again Evelyn Waugh is mentioned in connection with the selection: The Great War was a mass slaughter. … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Guardian, T S Eliot, The Waste Land. Robert McCrum
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Tony Last on Fifth Avenue
In a recent post on his weblog, political commentator, enemy of political correctness and general iconoclast Taki Theodoracopulos (sometime contributor to the Spectator) has conjured up the image of Tony Last from Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust among the anti-Trump protestors … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Humo(u)r
Tagged Taki Theodoracopulos, Taki's Magazine
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Death Announced of Wodehouse Society Founder
Lt-Col Norman Murphy, who founded the British branch of the P G Wodehouse Society, has died at the age of 83. According to the Telegraph, Murphy was a literary sleuth whose researches over four decades showed that Wodehouse’s 98 comic … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Film, Newspapers
Tagged Norman Murphy, P G Wodehouse Society, Telegraph, Times
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Henry Green (More)
There has been more activity on the internet relating to the Henry Green revival. See earlier post. A blogger posting on cakesordeathsite.com has written a three-part article with illustrations that surveys most of Green’s books. He makes an interesting comparison with one … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Vile Bodies
Tagged Henry Green, New York Review Books, Nick Shepley
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Waugh Character Models Surface in Blogs
Two of Waugh’s character models have surfaced in recent blogs. These are Brenda Dean Paul and Kate Meyrick. Dean Paul may have contributed to any number of characters in Vile Bodies. She was perhaps the most prominent of the Bright … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, London, Vile Bodies
Tagged Brenda Dean Paul, Bright Young People, Gordon Meyrick, Kate Meyrick, The 43
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