Desert Island Discs - Auberon Waugh

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Auberon Waugh, now the Editor of the Literary Review, has gained a reputation as a controversial journalist. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his father Evelyn Waugh, his childhood and his writing, which has included seven novels and his diary Private Eye.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Don Giovanni Act 1 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Other Men's Flowers by Lord A P Wavell
Luxury: Vine

Published on Sunday, 31st August 1986.

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