Waugh! What Is He Good For?

Absolutely. Pinfold is great - written at an age when to all intents and purposes he seemed an ossified parody of reactionary bullshit, without any self-awareness, Pinfold is vulnerable and tolerant, and also very funny.

this also - i feel like i always want to ascribe waugh self-awareness, possibly because i like him, and in my head it is like that redeems him somehow

i read 'noblesse oblige' recently also and he seems to have much more ironic distance from the whole thing than mitford does, although i guess that's not saying a great deal

http://theweek.com/articles/751856/evelyn-waugh-fanatics