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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
4.25
challenging dark emotional funny reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"'No,' I said, 'not what it was built for. Perhaps that's one of the pleasures of building, like having a son, wondering how he'll grow up. I don't know; I never built anything, and I forfeited the right to watch my son grow up. I'm homeless, childless, middle-aged, loveless, Hooper."   - Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, page 350

Me while reading an Evelyn Waugh book: man, these two guys are assholes. I wonder if they've ever explored each others' bodies.

Unbearable English-ness and spiritual desolation. What more can you want?