For the first time in Russian - a collection of travel prose by the famous classic of British literature Evelyn Waugh, compiled by himself after the Second World War on the basis of pre-war stories about his numerous wanderings around the world - a world that in just ten years has changed beyond recognition. “I myself “I never intended to be a great traveler,” writes Evelyn Waugh. – I was satisfied with the role of a typical representative of the youth of my time; trips were taken for granted by us. It’s gratifying to know that our travels came at a time when our steps were easy.” And the scope of these travels is still impressive: the Mediterranean and the Middle East; Abyssinia - where Haile Selassie, the future messiah of the Jamaican Rastafari religion, is crowned on the imperial throne; Africa - across the entire continent; Brazil and British Guiana; again Abyssinia - where the Italo-Ethiopian war is about to begin... And wherever fate takes him, Evelyn Waugh invariably demonstrates his signature flair for everything absurd and funny, filigree psychological accuracy, masterful use of words. It was not for nothing that he said that sometimes you might think that the whole world is populated by his characters...