A portrait of the scandalous Oxford club, of which EW was briefly secretary, and looks at the lives of several of his contemporaries too. Seven of them found their way into Brideshead… The club had been a staid affair until Harold Acton joined. Celebrated alumni included Anthony Powell, Robert Byron, Henry Green, Claud Cockburn and Tom Driberg.
Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club
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