cover image Brideshead Gen Pa

Brideshead Gen Pa

Humphrey Carpenter. Mariner Books, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-395-59769-9

Waugh's Oxford set did not have the cohesion of the Bloomsbury set, but nonetheless included such writers as Graham Greene, Anthony Powell and Nancy Mitford. ``Carpenter provides new and interesting detail about this talented and crusty writer,'' said PW. ``This book is not so much a group portrait as a half-biography of Waugh.'' Photos. (Jan.)