Hitch-22 on Decline and Fall: “The fictions and cartoons of Nigel Molesworth, of Paul Pennyfeather in Waugh's Decline and Fall, and numberless other chapters of English literary folklore...”
Hitch-22 on Scoop: “Writing my own introduction to the Penguin edition of Scoop, I said of Waugh's Fleet Street masterpiece that it perfectly evoked both the fugitive glamour of the business...”