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Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family

door Alexander Waugh

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If there is a literary gene, then the Waugh family has it. The first literary Waugh was Arthur, who, having won a poetry prize in 1888, broke with the family tradition of medicine. He went on to become a distinguished publisher and an influential book columnist. He fathered two sons, Alec and Evelyn, both of whom were to become novelists of note; were to rebel in their own ways against his bedrock Victorianism; and one of whom, Evelyn, was to write a series of immortal novels that will be prized as long as elegance and lethal wit are admired. Evelyn begat, among others, Auberon, who would carry on in the family tradition of literary skill and eccentricity, becoming one of England's most incorrigibly cantankerous and provocative newspaper columnists. And Auberon begat Alexander, yet another writer, to whom it has fallen to tell this tale of four generations of scribbling Waughs.--From publisher description.… (meer)
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I thought I had done with Evelyn Waugh. Looked at him again recently apropos of interest in the Bright Young Things phenomenon; found rereading his novels left a bad taste but enjoyed exploring his diaries and travel writing. Now this book has added a new dimension. A portrait of several spectacularly dysfunctional generations of the Waugh family, but much more than a “Daddy, Dearest” memoir. Consistently insightful and thought-provoking on the subject of fatherhood and sonship. A great find.
  booksaplenty1949 | Sep 15, 2023 |
I tried, but I confess to being so put off early in the book that I didn't try very hard. I've never read anything by any of the Waughs, so that no doubt contributed to my lack of interest in their history. I picked this up on the strength of the cover, which is always risky. ( )
  satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 |
I am a fan of Evelyn Waugh, and this book has been sitting on my wishlist since publication. I finally borrowed a copy from the library - and I couldn't finish it. The style is a combination of combative and self-celebratory that is grating in the extreme. Meant as a bit of a paen to Auberon and Evelyn Waugh (and forebears) it actually left me liking them less. ( )
2 stem ForrestFamily | Feb 7, 2011 |
This is a well-written book about Evelyn Waugh and his family, but it could be a bit tedious and repetitive. Worth the time if you'reinterested in Evelyn Waugh, England (esp. between the wars) and English literature. ( )
  NellieMc | Jun 28, 2010 |
Hilarious memoir of several generations of Waughs; some of the stories are appalling, but there's no self-pity or bitterness. A crackling good read about an amazing family.
  LadyintheLibrary | Jul 1, 2008 |
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“Fathers and Sons,” together with Auberon’s memoir and Evelyn’s novels, puts us back in touch with a vanished world, that of the English upper and upper-middle classes in the years surrounding the First and Second World Wars. These people were extremely insular, and therefore confident. If something seemed silly to them, or even just unusual, they didn’t mind making jokes about it. They were not as nice as we are, and they were much funnier. They drank from noon to night and wrote their books young and fast.
toegevoegd door John_Vaughan | bewerkNew Yorker, Joan Acocella (Jul 7, 2011)
 
With this “autobiography” of his family, Alexander Waugh — who long resisted joining the family business, trying his hand at producing records, composing music and drawing cartoons — demonstrates that he’s inherited the literary gene in spades, as well as a gift for very funny, coruscating prose. He has created a vivid, Dickensian portrait of his eccentric relatives and he’s done so with enormous irreverence and élan.
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If there is a literary gene, then the Waugh family has it. The first literary Waugh was Arthur, who, having won a poetry prize in 1888, broke with the family tradition of medicine. He went on to become a distinguished publisher and an influential book columnist. He fathered two sons, Alec and Evelyn, both of whom were to become novelists of note; were to rebel in their own ways against his bedrock Victorianism; and one of whom, Evelyn, was to write a series of immortal novels that will be prized as long as elegance and lethal wit are admired. Evelyn begat, among others, Auberon, who would carry on in the family tradition of literary skill and eccentricity, becoming one of England's most incorrigibly cantankerous and provocative newspaper columnists. And Auberon begat Alexander, yet another writer, to whom it has fallen to tell this tale of four generations of scribbling Waughs.--From publisher description.

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