“Please bear in mind throughout that IT IS MEANT TO BE FUNNY”

Posted on November 20, 2023 by John Mark Ockerbloom

Curmudgeonly British writer Evelyn Waugh published his first novel, Decline and Fall, in 1928. Reviewing it in 2008, Alex Larman found it “surely one of the greatest debut comic novels of the last century”, and wondered why it had never been adapted for television. A few years later, the BBC adapted it into a generally well-received 3-part series. Decline and Fall joins the US public domain in 6 weeks.

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2 Responses to “Please bear in mind throughout that IT IS MEANT TO BE FUNNY”

  2. Unknown's avatar mlex says:
    November 22, 2023 at 6:29 pm

    @everybodyslibraries.com it's a great book and hilarious send-up of a teacher's life in British public schools. the social class humor and the sports meet are scorching!

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