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Officers and Gentlemen
Evelyn Waugh
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Description for Officers and Gentlemen
Paperback. Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
The second volume of Waugh's masterful trilogy, Sword of Honour
Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141184678
SKU
V9780141184678
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-20
About Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in ... Read more
Reviews for Officers and Gentlemen
A maverick historian
The Atlantic
Waugh's unsparing bitterness is one of the things that makes his writing so good
Daily Mail
To know as Waugh knows that there are no more great journeys and possibly no more great vows and still to trouble to write a novel at all exhibits precisely that fine hardness of mind ... Read more
The Atlantic
Waugh's unsparing bitterness is one of the things that makes his writing so good
Daily Mail
To know as Waugh knows that there are no more great journeys and possibly no more great vows and still to trouble to write a novel at all exhibits precisely that fine hardness of mind ... Read more