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Officers and Gentlemen is the second novel in Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy, the author's look at the Second World War. The novels loosely parallel Waugh's wartime experiences. The first was Men at Arms (1952), the third was Unconditional Surrender (1961). Plot summary
- Evelyn Waugh
- 1955
Guy accompanied these two senior officers into the club and found himself swept into the dining-room in a surge of naval and military might. Bellamy's had its sprinkling of distinguished officers but here everyone in sight was aflame with red tabs, gold braid, medal ribbons, and undisguised hunger.
“Officers and Gentlemen” by Evelyn Waugh (originally published 1955, and book two of what became his Sword of Honour trilogy) continues the tale of Englishman Guy Crouchback, temporary officer, and his part in representing Great Britain in World War II.
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- Evelyn Waugh
Dec 11, 2012 · Officers and Gentlemen is the second novel in Waugh's brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy recording the tumultuous wartime adventures of Guy Crouchback (called "the finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II" by the Atlantic Monthly), which also comprises Men at Arms and Unconditional Surrender.
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- Evelyn Waugh
Feb 17, 2010 · Officers and gentlemen. by. Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Publication date. 1955. Topics. World War, 1939-1945. Publisher. Boston, Little, Brown.
Officers and gentlemen : a novel by Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Publication date 1955 Topics World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction Publisher London : Chapman & Hall Collection
Mar 30, 1979 · His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–61). Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Officers and Gentlemen [Waugh, Evelyn] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
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- Evelyn Waugh
