Simply sublime, I can't fault this book. I am drawn to the time before the second world war when the upper middle classes still lived in their big country houses and had cocktails before dinner. I love the eccentricity, the (unintentional?) comedy of this particular set of people. I think I feel a sort of sympathy for them as their way of life was on the brink of extinction and I wonder if they were aware of it at the time.
I haven't actually seen the television version of the book but would now like to rent it. I intend to read more of Evelyn Waugh too now, this was my first and what a pleasure it was.
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