![]() To truly appreciate the slippery Mr Youkoumian (especially the studied ambiguity of his remark, "E got the thousand pounds for Joab"), you must get to know him in the novel, where he is paired with a 'civilized' counterpart, the dashing and thoroughly bad Basil Seal. It is an excellent story on its own, but your delight will be deepened if you read the novel first. It was partly modeled on Waugh's travels across east Africa in the early 30s. "Incident" revisits a 'zany' imaginary country that Waugh used for his third novel, Black Mischief (October 1932). But the very next one he published, Incident in Azania (December 1932*) is dramatically better. ![]() July 1832), with which I ended last time, was Waugh's first great short story. Today I'll do four, to reach an even ten, and aim at five each for the remaining posts.Įach of today's stories is excellent. In the first installment I summed up six stories. With 25 stories to tackle, I've decided to break this review into parts.
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