Officers and Gentlemen (Sword of Honor Trilogy) - Hardcover

Waugh, Evelyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316216615 ISBN 13: 9780316216616

Publisher: Little Brown and Company, 2012

Synopsis

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 respect must be paid to the laird. 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.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0316216615
• ISBN 13: 9780316216616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336