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Put Out More Flags
Put Out More Flags
Author: Evelyn Waugh
WW II is on its way to becoming mythology. The danger is that we forget it had a humorous side. Evelyn Waugh provided balance. That is a satirist's job. Into the noble struggle he introduces Basil Seal, the kind of person in grade school we learned to call a "me firster." Basil has his own ideas about the war and how he can make it work for him...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316926126
ISBN-10: 0316926124
Publication Date: 12/1977
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Publisher: Little Brown Co (P)
Book Type: Paperback
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This is vintage Waugh. It is 1939 and England is on the doorstep to war. Enter all of Waughs usual suspects. Basil Seal comes to the aid of his sister, who has become responsible for billeting evacuees. Incidentally, he develops a scheme to enrich himself by extorting money from residents for not billeting several undesirables with them. Then its on to the Ministry of War where with more shenanigans he manages to wreck mere havoc. Surrounding this is the inevitable inanity of buying commissions for the privileged and preparing for war. Its an apt prelude to the Sword of Honor trilogy.

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