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Evelyn waugh s irresistible first novel new york times is a brilliant and hilarious satire of english school life in the 1920s. Sent down from oxford after a wild, drunken party, paul pennyfeather is oddly surprised to find himself qualifying for the position. That same year saw the publication of his very successful decline and fall. The critical reception of vile bodies two years later was even more enthusiastic, with rebecca west predicting that waugh was destined to be the dazzling figure of his age. His earlier works were primarily satire, while his later novels were influenced by his experience serving in world war ii. Jacketed decline and fall 1928 was evelyn waughs immensely successful first novel, and it displays not only all of its authors customary satiric genius and flair for unearthing the ridiculous in human nature, but also a youthful willingness to train those weapons on any and every thing in his path.
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