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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
3.0

Waugh's lavishly layered tale of friendship, faith, family, adultery, and days gone by is positively marinated in nostalgia for pre-war Britain and upper-class ennui.

Much of the story, taken in isolation would amount to drivel (akin to Wodehouse without humor or Christie without a mystery). The exquisite ending, however, pulls it into literary excellence.