By Evelyn Waugh.

Sword of Honour is the combination of Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender incorporated by Waugh in a single volume. Rather than write a single review of a 900-page book, half-remembering about half of a half of it, I thought I’d review it in instalments. I’m relatively confident that I’m now at the start ( Read more... )

By Evelyn Waugh.

Paul Pennyfeather gets sent down from Oxford for indecency (not his fault, but this is one of those sorts of tales) and ends up teaching at Llanabba in Wales at a school run by Augustus Fagan which is staffed by a bunch of utter reprobates.

Pennyfeather is at once put in charge of the sports day at which one of the teachers shoots a ( Read more... )

By Evelyn Waugh.

Something is afoot in Ishmaelia, and on the recommendation of Mrs Stitch, John Boot, whose book is the PM’s bedtime reading, is to be sent to cover the story for the Daily Beast. Unfortunately, the staff of the paper are less than diligent, finding a William Boot, who write a pastoral column for them. Boot, W. is sent off in the ( Read more... )