Being offensive is an easy thing to do and something most people are quite good at; doing it intelligently, though, is a literary achievement. Auberon Waugh was a master of this craft and excelled at finding the hornet’s nest where none existed before.
William Cook’s Kiss Me Chudleigh: The World According To Auberon Waugh was published by Coronet. While the book is classified as a biography, I hesitate to dump it on that pile without a rider; it is as much a biography as it is a literary guide to Waugh’s writing complete with explanations by Cook.
Read more: The Extraordinary Gift of Offending
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A Job Application
If you ever consider a job as a teacher in England, this should help you along the way. More
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Expand Your Vocabulary
Writing is using your vocabulary to the fullest. To become an even better writer, it is essential that you keep on expanding your vocabulary. Writing doesn’t do that for you, but reading will. More
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