The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Where can an author go to find peace and quiet?
Gilbert Pinfold is, by all accounts, an accomplished man. He distinguished himself serving in the war, and then in peace as a novelist. He has travelled widely and has a successful marriage. But age is wearing on Gilbert Pinfold, and the combination of regular sedation and chronic drinking aren’t helping.
After an unpleasant interview with the BBC, he decides to take a cruise to refresh himself. The idea is good, but when he starts hearing voices on the ship, things get worse very quickly.
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February 21, 2017EVELYN WAUGH was born in Hampstead in 1903. He was educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rosetti, and his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies, Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he travelled extensively and published a number of travel books. In 1939 he was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards. He went on to write a number of other books, including Brideshead Revisited (1945) and Men at Arms (1952). Evelyn Waugh died in 1966.
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Decline and Fall
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Vile Bodies
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Scoop
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Brideshead Revisited
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Sword of Honour
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Sword of Honour Trilogy
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Scoop
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The Loved One
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The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
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Vile Bodies
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