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Evelyn Waugh: The Converted Satirist

Celebrating a spiritual anniversary of a great English writer.

by Tom Raabe

September 29, 2020, 8:32 AM

Evelyn Waugh (Wikimedia Commons)

As Catholic novelists go, Evelyn Waugh is usually noted among the greats one reads when one has a thirst for reputable fiction written by serious believers, along with Flannery O’Connor, Graham Greene...

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Evelyn Waugh: The Converted Satirist

Celebrating a spiritual anniversary of a great English writer.