Evelyn Waugh

7 Aug 2010 - One of my favorite books is Evelyn's Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, and probably most people from my generation will remember the fabulous BBC TV series. But long before travel-writing descended into what seems the work of cynical comedians, Waugh already excelled in the genre. I enjoyed his book Labels, about a cruise on the Mediterranean Sea, but there are also other books like Remote People, 92 Days and Waugh in Abyssinia. Although Waugh was being accused of racism, it seems that he was forgiven because of his humor, satire and wit about his countries' doing in Africa. I read that some of Waugh travel-writing is now being re-published in the book When The Going was Good. The book is published by penguin, and hopefully available in the better bookshops in Hong Kong