41. It is an adaptation of the novel " Decline and Fall " by Evelyn Waugh . 42. Who would have pegged Michael Crichton for a devotee of Evelyn Waugh 's " Scoop "? 43. Russell could use a touch of Evelyn Waugh . 44. Jessica Mitford and Evelyn Waugh , please take note. 45. As a boy, Evelyn Waugh spent his summer holidays in Midsomer Norton with his maiden aunts. 46. The satire of Evelyn Waugh in his early books was derived from his ignorance of life. 47. Beyond the realm of film and television, Mitchell cites Evelyn Waugh as among his favourite authors. 48. Sometimes the voice-over device works ( Jeremy Irons in Evelyn Waugh 's " Brideshead Revisited " ). 49. It was fictionalized as the thuggish Bollinger Club in Evelyn Waugh 's " Decline and Fall ." 50. Nancy Mitford wrote to Evelyn Waugh that there was " a shriek on every page ".