Officers and Gentlemen (Sword of Honor Trilogy)
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316216615 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
AT LOOSE ENDS IN A TIME OF WAR A World War II temporary officer recalled from Africa because he gave a dying soldier a bottle of whiskey in violation of rules, Guy Crouchback links up loosely with the Commandos. Guy is in his mid-thirtes, and although deeply Catholic, he is divorced from Virginia, now in the process of dumping her third husband. Terribly class conscious and unsure of his role in the conflict, he meets up with various officers, some known to him before, one of whom, Tommy Blackhouse. Irony and Suspense from a Comic Master This is book two of Waugh's World War Two trilogy, and like the first book (Men at Arms) it does not disappoint. As in the first it follows the exploits of Guy Crouchback, a thirty something Roman Catholic divorced fellow who is the last in the line of a noble heritage much in decline. Attempting to put some meaning into his life, he enlists not long after the Axis-Soviet non-aggression pact. Though I liked the first book a little better, and which I would categorize
Three of his novels, A Handful of Dust, Scoop, and Brideshead Revisited, were selected by the Modern Library as among the 100 best novels of the twentieth century. . Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), whom Time called "one of the century's great masters of English prose," wrote several widely acclaimed novels as well as volumes of biography, memoir, travel writing, and journalism
About the Author Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), whom Time called "one of the century's great masters of English prose," wrote several widely acclaimed novels as well as volumes of biography, memoir, travel writing, and journalism. Three of his novels, A Handful of Dust, Scoop, and Brideshead Revisited, were selected by the Modern Library as among the 100 best novels of the twentieth century.
But the comedy of Mugg is soon followed by the bitterness of Crete, where chaos reigns and a difficult evacuation must be accomplished.Officers and Gentlemen is the second novel in Waugh's brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy recording the tumultuous wartime adventures of Guy Crouchback ("the finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II" -Atlantic Monthly), which also comprises Men at Arms and Unconditional Surrender.. Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effort, Guy Crouchback becomes attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and respe