Books
August, 1987
There is hope, sometimes rewarded, that biographies will provide a golden key, unlocking some essential mystery about a person of unique interest—that and some good gossip. Timeless insights into the human condition, plus a little dirt, are what we're after.We didn't go for obvious ones; we tried to find those you might have missed.Evelyn Waugh: The Early Years 1903–1939 (J. M. Dent), by Martin Stannard: Waugh was a curmudgeon, peevish and crabby, and probably the funniest black humorist ever, h...
