Auberon Waugh stond bekend om zijn scherpe en vaak provocerende commentaar op de Britse samenleving. Zijn schrijven werd gekenmerkt door droge humor en een ontembaar gevoel voor ironie. Waugh viseerde vaak de hypocrisie en absurditeiten van het moderne leven, waarbij zijn werk thema's als klasse, politiek en moraliteit met compromisloze eerlijkheid onderzocht. Lezers waarderen zijn vermogen om waarheden met flair en intelligentie bloot te leggen.
The autobiography of the journalist, Auberon Waugh, who tells the story of a lifetime spent wrestling with his muse, the idiocies of English life and his father's terrifying shadow. Now in his 50th year he sums up a literary achievement, asking the august creator of this being, "Will This Do?"
First published in 1987 and long out of print, this collection of Auberon Waugh's writings while wine correspondent at various times for Tatler, the Spectator and Harper's and Queen is now considered a classic text by a new generation of wine writers and connoisseurs.
A collection of piece from Waugh's "The Way of the World" column in "The Daily Telegraph", It includes pieces on Mad Duck Disease, The Mums and Dads army and why Scargill may be "one of us".
Doran, Amanda-Jane, Punchlines - 150 years of humorous writing in Punch. London, HarperCollins, 1991. 26cm. XII, 371 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes work by authors / comedians such as: John Bentjemen / Mary Dunn / Graham Greene / Melvyn bragg / Stevie Smith / William Boyd / Robert Graves / etc.