Though he never achieved the fame of his younger brother Evelyn Waugh, Alec Waugh was a prolific writer who found his niche in crafting often-autobiographical, sometimes-scandalous stories about boys attending British public schools. The Lonely Unicorn is a lovely and well-wrought coming-of-age novel that follows protagonist Roland Whately from the halls of academia out into the wider world.
Though he never achieved the fame of his younger brother Evelyn Waugh, Alec Waugh was a prolific writer who found his niche in crafting often-autobiographical, sometimes-scandalous stories about boys attending British public schools. The Lonely Unicorn is a lovely and well-wrought coming-of-age novel that follows protagonist Roland Whately from the halls of academia out into the wider world.