Russell Kane on Evelyn Waugh
Comedian Russell Kane chooses the author of Scoop and Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh. With Matthew Parris. From 2018.
Comedian Russell Kane nominates the novelist Evelyn Waugh.
One of the greatest prose stylists of 20th century literature, not to mention one of the funniest, novelist Waugh also has a reputation for being a snob, a bully, and a dyed-in-the-wool reactionary.
How much of this was a self-parodying pose, and how much the underlying truth?
Russell is supported by literary critic Ann Pasternak Slater. Both are unabashed Waugh fans.
Russell calls him "a ninja master of banter", but series presenter Matthew Parris says he can't stand him...
Producer: Jolyon Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.
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