Put Out More Flags
by Evelyn Waugh | 
Scoop
by Evelyn Waugh | 
Zuleika Dobson
by Max Beerbohm | 
The Loved One
by Evelyn Waugh | 
Point Counter Point
by Aldous Huxley | 
Decline and Fall
by Evelyn Waugh | 
Earthly Powers
by Anthony Burgess | 
Vile Bodies
by Evelyn Waugh | 
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
by G. K. Chesterton | 
England, England
by Julian Barnes | 
A Good Man in Africa
by William Boyd | 
A Burnt-Out Case
by Graham Greene | 
Take a Girl Like You
by Kingsley Amis | 
Chance
by Joseph Conrad | 
Antic Hay
by Aldous Huxley | 
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons | 
Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth | 
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens | 
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis | 
The Edible Woman
by Margaret Atwood |
Black Mischief, " Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a "Birth Control Gala, " the rightful ruler's demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies, and a good deal more mischief.