{"product_id":"mad-world","title":"Mad World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An utterly captivating and generous book with all the intimacy of a diary and the scholarly soundness of a fine biography...A singular accomplishment.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An engaging book...remarkably thorough...Deftly interweaving biographical details and textual analysis, Byrne makes the connections between Waugh's art, Roman Catholic faith, and life dance.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eHeller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Altogether excellent and wickedly entertaining...Scandalous detail enlivens every page of this delicious biography...Over the years I've read all the major biographies of Evelyn Waugh, and Byrne's is...the fastest moving and the most fun.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Dirda, Washington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well-researched and absorbing.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Remarkable...not only a meticulously researched biography but also an enjoyable read.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A considerable contribution to literary history...includes enough gossipy asides to intrigue readers.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid new book...While displaying the research values of a scholar Byrne also manages to write with the panache and timing of a popular novelist.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Waugh, Daily Beast\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sharp, entertaining literary biography...A perceptive study of how Evelyn Waugh emerged from middle-class beginnings to inhabit the tony corridors described in BRIDESHEAD REVISITED.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'Mad World' is the perfect title for this sparkling book, a hybrid of family romance, incisive literary criticism, and deliciously hot gossip.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Rubin, Washington Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52657146954095,"sku":"9780060881313","price":126.07,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0060881313.jpg?v=1770808533","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/mad-world","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}