' There may have been many easier people than Evelyn Waugh and Nancy Mitford, but I doubt there have been many funnier. Their correspondence.... can make you rock with helpless laughter. In each case the comic performance is debonair and assured- the product of superb throwaway wit, yes, but bearing burnished nuggets which it must have entertained them, in between letters, to craft and keep for each other.... The correspondence is so well preserved that we can often read both sides of what sounds more than anything like a conversation.... As we finish this exhilarating, sometimes saddening collection, we can't help feeling that these two exceptional people were lucky to have each other.' Paperback Ed 1997
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