1. A few thoughts on English novelists who refused to to share fruit with children during World War II rationing & subsequently.
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@HeerJeet The only part of Waugh's oeuvre I think first rate are, as you rightly put it, those pre-War comedies of heartlessness. 1 -
@davidrieff Absolutely. I think "Handful of Dust" is his masterpiece. Later stuff pales.
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@HeerJeet Then he became both heartless and sentimental (it's most evident in that unspeakably bad book, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED). 2 -
@davidrieff Completely agree. I'm just about to link the food stuff with the badness Brideshead, actually. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet After that, unless you had the grave misfortune of being related to him, he wasn't worth taking seriously as a man or as an artistThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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