Work Suspended and Other Stories (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Work Suspended and Other Stories (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Includes stories such as - 'Mr Loveday's Little Outing'; 'Cruise'; 'Period Piece'; 'On Guard'; 'An Englishman's Home'; 'Excursion in Reality'; 'Bella Fleace Gave a Party'; 'Winner Takes All'; 'Work Suspended'; 'Scott-King's Modern Europe'; 'Basil Seal Rides Again'; and 'Charles Ryder's

Waugh in Abyssinia (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and

Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a glimpse into the literary and social circles of London and Paris, during the Second World War and for twenty years

Complete Short Stories (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of short stories composed between 1910-62. It includes 'Mr Loveday's Little Outing'; 'Cruise'; 'A House of Gentlefolks'; and, 'The Sympathetic

Handful of Dust (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Handful of Dust (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Evelyn Waugh - A Life Revisited (Eade Philip)(Paperback / softback)

A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, by acclaimed biographer Philip

Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold - A Conversation Piece (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Labels - A Mediterranean Journal (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - Waugh describes the local colour as he cruises around the Mediterranean as an Englishman

Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Kafka Franz)(Paperback / softback)

Scoop (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

One of Evelyn Waugh's most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news. Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to

Vile Bodies (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

The Bright Young Things of twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade - whether promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports

Decline and Fall (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or

Sword of Honour (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman is commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of his war. When action comes in Crete and in

Officers and Gentlemen (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of

When the Going Was Good (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Between 1929 and 1935 the author travelled widely and wrote about his experiences. This title discusses a cruise around the Mediterranean; a train trip from Djibouti to Abyssinia to attend Emperor Haile Selassie's coronation in 1930; and, his travels in Aden, Zanzibar, Kenya and the Congo, coping

Put Out More Flags (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies when the war broke out? This title shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the

Dimanche and Other Stories (Nemirovsky Irene)(Paperback / softback)

Skin and Other Stories (Dahl Roald)(Paperback / softback)

Guys and Dolls - and Other Stories (Runyon Damon)(Paperback / softback)

Little Learning - The First Volume of an Autobiography (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

The author's childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not. His life at Oxford - which he evokes in Brideshead Revisited - was essentially a catalogue of friendship. This title presents a portrait of his

Flying Home And Other Stories (Callahan John)(Paperback / softback)

Christmas Stocking and Other Stories (Fforde Katie)(Paperback / softback)

Babette's Feast and Other Stories (Dinesen Isak)(Paperback / softback)