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Auberon Waugh

    Auberon Waugh bol známy svojimi ostrými a často provokatívnymi komentármi k britskej spoločnosti. Jeho písanie sa vyznačovalo suchým humorom a neochvejným zmyslom pre iróniu. Waugh sa často zameriaval na pokrytectvo a absurdity moderného života a jeho dielo skúmalo témy triedy, politiky a morálky s nekompromisnou úprimnosťou. Čitatelia oceňujú jeho schopnosť odhaľovať pravdu s iskrou a inteligenciou.

    Punch Lines
    Way of the World
    Will this Do?
    • 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".

      Way of the World1994
      4,0
    • Will this Do?

      • 288 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      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?"

      Will this Do?1991
      4,4
    • Punch Lines

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      An anthology of the best comic writing in Punch from 1841 to 1991.

      Punch Lines1991
      3,0