Going from Angela’s Ashes to Young Mungo is like going from gin and tonic to crack. I didn’t expect to read anything more depressing about life in a tenement than AA. Now I have.
George’s recent comment here about Evelyn Waugh’s (Wu as Conrad calls him) generous opinion of Conrad Russell was written after Conrad’s death. He had not had an opportunity to read Conrad’s letters.
Anthony Sampson’s Anatomy of Britain in 1962 was a success with many follow-ups until Who Runs This Place? The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century in 2004; last in the series as Samson died that year.