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Judy
Apr 26, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
My feelings about this book changed all the way through. In some ways it is reminiscent of Dickens, as Waugh introduces a cast of brilliantly-drawn comic characters with favourite phrases which sum them up - like Captain Grimes, a disreputable ex-soldier who is always "in the soup", and Philbrick, a butler with a highly-coloured past. I enjoyed the opening section, where the hapless hero, Paul Pennyfeather, is sent down from Oxford, but I felt the novel gets a bit bogged down after he starts to ...more
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Patty
May 03, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
my first ever Waugh. Pretty enjoyable, kind of a cross between Hesse and Wodehouse
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Damian
Apr 26, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
mstan
Jun 09, 2007 rated it it was ok
Shelves: british
Rajivi
Jun 28, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kay
Aug 03, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, british_lit, satire
Aaron Hamburger
Jan 27, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Dec 16, 2009 rated it liked it
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Doina
Jan 04, 2010 marked it as to-read
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Aug 08, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Dec 09, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Anna
Jul 27, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Juliane
Jun 11, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
marianne
Apr 08, 2018 rated it it was ok
Shelves: bookclub, dnf
Anika
Sep 14, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kathy Jo
Jul 25, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
superawesomekt
Mar 02, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: dirda-recommends
Mihika
Oct 31, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Phoebe
Mar 25, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Grace
Jan 26, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sharon
May 25, 2025 marked it as to-read
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