Tag Archives: William Boyd

Waugh Adaptations in TLS

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The TLS has posted an essay by Alexander Larman (“Waugh on screen”) on its weblog. In it, he notes his concerns about the upcoming BBC adaptation of Decline and Fall and offers advice about how to avoid problems by looking at previous … Continue reading →

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Waugh, Boyd and Manning

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh is mentioned several times in an interview of novelist, critic  and screenwriter William Boyd published in the Australian Financial Review. The interviewer (Joe Aston) notes that Boyd’s fiction has been compared with Waugh’s from his very first published novel … Continue reading →

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David Bowie, William Boyd and Evelyn Waugh: Art Hoaxers

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Art Critic and Sportswriter Jasper Rees has posted an article on a blog called The Arts Desk in response to the death yesterday of David Bowie. According to Rees, Bowie and novelist William Boyd (both Waugh fans and art lovers) … Continue reading →

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2001 Sword of Honour Starring Daniel Craig on Acorn TV

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Antony F. P. Vickery

William Boyd’s 2001 television adaptation of [easyazon_link identifier=”B000GYI3D6″ locale=”US” tag=”theevewausoc-20″]Sword of Honour[/easyazon_link] is currently showing on Acorn TV (“[t]he best British TV streaming on demand”) in the United States and Canada. The two-episode show stars Daniel Craig as Guy Crouchback. … Continue reading →

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Daily Telegraph Lists Brideshead as a Top ITV Production

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Telegraph last week marked the 60th anniversary of ITV by asking its critics to name their favorites among the network’s programs.  Granada TV’s 1981 production of Brideshead Revisited was ranked number 8: This sumptuous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel … Continue reading →

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Waugh Surfaces in Bosnia

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Mark Lawson in this week’s New Statesman reviews a novel by Jesse Armstrong which is said to have a distinct Wavian influence: Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals.  (The choice of title would not appear to have been influenced by … Continue reading →

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New Age Waugh

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s New York Times Book Review contains a review by writer David Leavitt of a novel by British satirist Edward St. Aubyn that was originally published in England in 1998. The novel, entitled On the Edge, is compared to … Continue reading →

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