Author: BYRNE, PAULA
Title: Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead
Description: New York: Harper / HarperCollins, 2010. First American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060881305. Stated First U.S. Edition. Paula Byrne has written a biography of Evelyn Waugh, with a focus on the genesis of his magnum opus "Brideshead Revisited." In it, she discusses Waugh's experiences with Hugh Lygon and the ultra-wealthy Lygon family and their castle-home, Madresfield. The Lygons and their home both closely resemble Waugh's Flyte family and their Brideshead estate. With two sections of photos of Waugh and people and scenes described in the book. --- In tan and pale blue paper-covered boards with spine titling stamped in black. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with photo of a youthful Waugh riding his motorbike. --- An about-Near Fine copy lacking damages worthy of mention, in similar, unclipped jacket which is wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, (2), 368 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0060881305 >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Writers, Writing & Literary Criticism