Catholic Fiction

By Evelyn Waugh
The Satirical Rogue
Evelyn Waugh wrote Decline and Fall, his first book, at the age of twenty-five. Most young writers compare the giddy throes of that initial burst of creativity to a kind of drunkenness—young, brash, and brimming with authorial enthusiasm, they are intoxicated by the thrill of artistic discovery.   
Well, Evelyn Waugh was […]

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By David Lodge
reviewed by John Murphy

Home Truths is a bite-sized country manor comedy of manners adapted from the novelist’s stage play. Its theatrical origins are apparent in the three-act structure, the closed-in location (a country cottage), and the dialogue-heavy scenes. Considering how closely it resembles the script for a stage production, one wonders why […]

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