{"product_id":"picturesque-prison","title":"Picturesque Prison","description":"This study of the life and works of Evelyn Waugh traces the novelist's pursuit of his vocation and his long retreat from a world which he came to regard as a spiritual dungeon. Jeffrey Heath explores the paradoxical elements in Waugh's career: his quest for a refuge itself proved to be a prison and his devotion to the Augustan graces was accompanied by a lasting attraction to a Dionysiac age without restratint. The deep cleft in Waugh's nature imbued his art with the characteristic quirky complexity which has fascinated many readers, but it left him a choleric and melancholy man who never fully accepted his calling as a writer.","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54222617182552,"sku":"9780773503779","price":115.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/picturesque-prison","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}