Fathers and Sons - Hardcover

Written with wit, great shrewdness and without a trace of sentimentality.' (William Boyd, Guardian)

Fathers and Sons is often very funny, as well as deeply affecting. It is sometimes shocking, too (Glasgow Herald)

Hugely entertaining (Spectator)

This remarkable account of a remarkable family makes engrossing reading. (William Trevor, Guardian)

This is a very sweet and fearful book - sweet because it is full of affection, and fearful because of the danger perceived in expressing it (Spectator)

Fascinating study of four generations of his family's paternal-filial relationships... All fathers and sons should read it (Humphrey Carpenter, Sunday Times)

A vivid and study of paternal-filial relationships in four generations of the Waugh family (Humphrey Carpenter, Sunday Times)

Five generations illuminate the repeated relationship of FATHERS AND SONS... Their continuing story is told with humour and panache, with considerable inside knowledge and a perception that make this remarkable chronicle a delight to read (Spectator)

Fathers and Sons fulfils the first requirement of Waugh family values: it is funny (Telegraph)

In an intimate family memoir, Alexander Waugh has revealed the secrets of one of Britain's greatest - and most eccentric - literary dynasties (Mail on Sunday)

Alexander Waugh's remarkable account of his family's turbulent history will fascinate anyone interested in the Waughs or in understanding the most important male relationship