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Waugh, Catch-22 and the Demented Governess

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Many of us will have read Waugh’s 1961 letter to Nina Bourne, who worked for US publisher Simon & Schuster. In the letter, Waugh politely and very humorously declines to give them a blurb promoting their new book Catch-22, the first novel … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh’s review of Catch-22

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

In 1961, soliciting a blurb for the coming release of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, an employee of its publisher Simon & Schuster sent an advance copy to Evelyn Waugh. His reply to Miss Bourne begins: Thank you for sending me Catch … Continue reading →

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