In this unique collection of short stories composed between 1910-62,Evelyn Waugh's early juvenilia are brought together with later pieces,some of which became the inspirations for his novels.'Mr Loveday's Little Outing'is a blackly comic tale of a mental asylum and its favourite resident;'Cruise'sees a hilarious series of letters from a nave young woman as she travels with her family;'A House of Gentlefolks'observes a group of elderly eccentric aristocrats and their young heir; and in'The Sympathetic Passenger'a radio-loathing retiree picks up exactly the wrong hitchhiker. These witty and immaculately crafted stories display the finest writing of a master of satire and comic twists.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141193687Number of pages: 512Weight: 351 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
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