Put Out More Flags - Softcover

Waugh, Evelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316216429 ISBN 13: 9780316216425

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2012

Synopsis

"The greatest of Evelyn Waugh's great novels" (The Atlantic), Put Out More Flags follows several characters from Waugh's early comic novels at the onset of World War II in Europe.

Upper-class scoundrel Basil Seal, mad, bad, and dangerous to know, creates havoc wherever he goes, much to the despair of the three women in his life: his sister, his mother, and his mistress. When Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany, it seems the perfect opportunity for more action and adventure. So Basil follows the call to arms and sets forth to enjoy his finest hour as a war hero. Basil's instincts for self-preservation come to the fore as he insinuates himself into the Ministry of Information and a little-known section of Military Security. With Europe frozen in the "phoney war," when will Basil's big chance to fight finally arrive?

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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: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0316216429
• ISBN 13: 9780316216425
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 353