Original: Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh ( forvo.com : Evelyn Waugh \/O/ ) ( 28 October 1903 -- 10 April 1966 ) was an English writer , best known for such darkly humorous and satirical novels as Decline and Fall , Vile Bodies , Scoop , A Handful of Dust , and The Loved One , as well as for serious works , such as Brideshead Revisited and the Sword of Honour trilogy that clearly manifest his Catholic convictions .
Simplified: He is well known for his satirical novels which include Decline and Fall , Vile Bodies , Scoop , A Handful of Dust and The Loved One , and especially for Brideshead Revisited and the Sword of Honour trilogy .