Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

DECLINE AND FALL BY EVELYN WAUGH

Very Short Description (to keep you intrigued) :)

Paul Pennyfeather is sent away from the fictional College in Oxford for running through the grounds without his trousers. Due to that he is deprived of his inheritance and is obliged to take a job in an obscure school in Wales.

My humble opinion

Probably the best satira I've ever read! From the very first pages the storyline is ridiculously amusing and sarcastically smart. 

The characters and their stories are one more absurd than another and the 

novel breathes with mockery of the society. 

I have only one advice to give: constantly keep in mind  the genre of the novel, otherwise you'll think the author went crazy :)

Interesting Facts

The title of the novel was inspired by Edward Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" as well as Oswald Spengler's "The Decline of the West". One of the leading ideas of the latter is that the rise of nations is always followed by their decline.

Why read?

For the sake of dark humour!