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{ Oct 2020 - Verified ebook } Hardcover, 784 pages Published 1965 e-book (2012) Anthony Burgess- Best in English (1939-1983) Callil-Toibin 200 Best Novels in English (1950-1999) Sword of Honor comprises the three acclaimed novels Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender (this version merges the three books without showing the delineation of the books). This trilogy spanning World War II, based in part on Evelyn Waugh's own experiences as an army officer, is the author's surpassing achievement as a novelist. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war overwhelming. Though often somber, Sword of Honor is also a brilliant comedy, peopled by the fantastic figures so familiar from Waugh's early satires. The deepest pleasures these novels afford come from observing a great satiric writer employ his gifts with extraordinary subtlety, delicacy, and human feeling, for purposes that are ultimately anything but satiric. "The finest work of fiction in English to

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Author

Evelyn Waugh

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Published

1965

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316925983

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction