Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0316926124, Paperback)
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.
"Waugh's great talent is his understanding of human nature and its penchant for the absurd. To this he marries a storyteller's art and a clear-eyed grasp of the realities. Highly recommended." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
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