tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760921852022735055.post5809478238948459185..comments2022-12-09T03:04:58.543-08:00Comments on The Eclectic Reader: Evelyn Waugh's Vile BodiesBad Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11987121652866343848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760921852022735055.post-85557162036078626552013-08-05T22:00:26.986-07:002013-08-05T22:00:26.986-07:00With Waugh, his life imitated his art. Eric Newby&...With Waugh, his life imitated his art. Eric Newby's first published book "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush" was launched with a puff piece at the front by Waugh, who contributed it mistaking Newby for an older academic with the same surname. Newby eventually thanked him by sending him a case of the wine drunk by Charles Ryder & Rex Mottram in Paris in "Bridehead Revisited", unfortunately the wine merchant refused to change the name of the wine to "Clos de Bère", the misprint that seems to appear in all editions of the book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927578445698039925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760921852022735055.post-34478305096725538252010-11-22T17:37:31.094-08:002010-11-22T17:37:31.094-08:00What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it.What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it.Bad Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987121652866343848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760921852022735055.post-33978793837902627832010-11-22T16:17:23.043-08:002010-11-22T16:17:23.043-08:00One of my favourite Waugh novels. His biography of...One of my favourite Waugh novels. His biography of Saint Helena is a beautiful book.<br /><br />I never met Waugh, but his old friend, Father Philip Caraman, when very old, came on relief to our parish in Wiltshire, England. He was convinced, at our first and only meeting, that he had known me for years. A little like a minor Waugh character, sad but funny.<br /><br />God rest their souls.Left-footerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154175028539882422noreply@blogger.com