by Evelyn Waugh · Homo Legens · tapa dura · ISBN 9788493555689
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The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is a novel by British author Evelyn Waugh, published in 1957. The story follows Gilbert Pinfold, a middle-aged English Catholic novelist who, suffering from insomnia and paranoia, experiences hallucinations induced by a combination of drugs and alcohol while on vacation on a cruise ship. Through witty prose and biting satire, Waugh explores themes of identity, sanity, and the nature of reality in this semi-autobiographical work.
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.
