A review by narmi
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

2.0

If you liked “A handful of dust” and thought “is it worth reading this”, my answer is no. It’s flimsy in plot and its humour dependent on a certain perspective on the world. The foreword tries to airwave away the crude racism by saying the Welsh and Black characters are not villains. In addition one of the main recommended reviews that turns up on Goodreads is a man pontificating at great length about the use of racial slurs in a way that suggests an unsavoury relish. I gave it two stars for the prison section which I thought was fun.