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Thank you for this. I have been collecting books by Evelyn Waugh for 50 years -- not as collectables but as companions!

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Same here for Anthony Powell!!!

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Aha! I've not read Anthony Powell. I enjoyed some of Henry Green and would like to know more about that generation of writers. What is a good introduction to Powell?

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The 12 volume 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 was where I began, and I've read the series at least 5 times. But I initially gave up on the first book (about his time at Eton). Since you like Waugh you will know the context. I'm so glad I came back.

I think the 3 books in the series on WWII: The Valley of Bones (1964);The Soldier's Art (1966) and The Military Philosophers (1968) are the best.

I joined the AP Society (you can look at website free) and their discussion list enriches. https://www.anthonypowell.org/synopsis

Powell was conservative but was with George Orwell at his deathbed and arranged Orwell's funeral. So Powell was complex. I've done a lot on AP's Wikipedia page, too, and think it gives a decent intro. (I've also done a little on each on the 12 volumes).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Powell

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There were some interesting Bukowski materials at the University of California-Santa Barbara library when I worked there, including a lot of correspondence. One of our donor board members resigned when he learned that Special Collections had bought even more (he was not a fan).

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That is interesting. Bukowski was controversial.

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