false 264121 9 MEN AT ARMS is the first volume of Evelyn Waugh's masterful WW II trilogy about war, religion and politics. It is followed by OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN and THE END OF THE BATTLE. <P>Meet Guy Crouchback, a 35-year-old divorced Catholic. Though the armed services really don't want him, he manfully succeeds in joining the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. There he meets Apthorpe, an eccentric African who is devoted to his "thunderbox" (aka chemical closet). Together they make quite a team. <P>"A highly entertaining novel. Waugh's sharp wit and sure satirical touch are always at work." (The Atlantic) 2493324 1952 Men at Arms (Penguin Modern Classics) total:205|5:49|4:96|3:46|2:11|1:3| 205 792 322 13 4 0 false false Tue Mar 17 14:13:02 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 11:22:53 -0700 2009
What fun - a bit like a cross between MASH, PG Wodehouse and Brideshead!

An upper class British Catholic divorcé leaves his home in Italy at the start of WW2 to try to join the army, and eventually succeeds.

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