Tactical Exercise Author:Evelyn Waugh The English novelist, short-story writer and journalist Evelyn Waugh has been called the foremost social satirist of his generation. This volume contains a dozen of his stories: "The Curse of the Horse Race" (written when he was seven), "Cruise," "Bella Fleace Gave a Party," "On Guard," "Period Piece," "Excursion in Reality," "Mr. Loveday's L... more »ittle Outing," "Winner Takes All," "An Englishman's Home," "Work Suspended," "Tactical Exercise" (originally called "The Wish") and "Love Among the Ruins."« less