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Waugh does an admirable job of describing life of a wealthy segment of English society albeit with tongue in cheek. This satire is so funny at times. For example, when Tony describes his son's fall from his pony who says the pony "put in a short stop": "Short stop my grandmother. You just opened your legs and took an arser..."
The story of a rather uninteresting and bland couple, Tony and Brenda, is satire at its best. Tony's interests do not include his wife until she leaves him for an even more uninteresting person named Beaver. In fact, Tony has few interests at all except for reading the paper and giving a few speeches. At first Tony misses Brenda but when she asks for a divorce and later suggests that she may come back he refuses and goes off on an extended trip to the Amazon. Brenda finds her new life is not all what she expected, especially when Beaver abandons her, leaving on a trip with his mother.
The story of a rather uninteresting and bland couple, Tony and Brenda, is satire at its best. Tony's interests do not include his wife until she leaves him for an even more uninteresting person named Beaver. In fact, Tony has few interests at all except for reading the paper and giving a few speeches. At first Tony misses Brenda but when she asks for a divorce and later suggests that she may come back he refuses and goes off on an extended trip to the Amazon. Brenda finds her new life is not all what she expected, especially when Beaver abandons her, leaving on a trip with his mother.
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