Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Alec Waugh

Born: July 8, 1898
Died: September 3, 1981 (aged 83)
Bio: Alexander Raban "Alec" Waugh was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher.
Known for:
- The Loom of Youth (1917)
- Hot Countries (1930)
- Island in the Sun (1955)
- The fatal gift (1973)
- A Spy in the Family (1970)