Wrapped Up In Books

My musings on what I've read since January 2006.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Black Mischief - Evelyn Waugh

Hmm, one can see why this early Waugh is not so widely read as his other stuff. The depiction of Africa is problematic, as in the case of a running gag involving a woman named Black Bitch. Still, the white characters are at least as subject to ridicule as the black ones, and there is some funny stuff here.

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