About this title: This is a trilogy of novels about World War II, based on the author's own experiences as an army officer. The focus of the action is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family. The story presents a moving but often hilarious picture of war's consolations and vicissitudes.
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Binding: Hardback.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date Published: 1961
ISBN-13:9780679431367ISBN:0679431365
Description: Very good dust jacket with one small closed tear and tiny bit edgewear bottom jacket spine. Very good condition. 796p. Previous owner's name. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781857151732ISBN:1857151739
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 710 pages. (710 pages) this is a trilogy of novels about world war ii, based on the author's own experiences as an army officer. the focus of the action is guy crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed catholic family. the story presents a moving but often hilarious picture of war's consolations and vicissitudes. (Hardback) read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781857151732ISBN:1857151739
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very Good Copy in Very Good unclipped D/J. End papers are free of inscriptions with very clean text. Appears unread. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140069303ISBN:0140069305
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781857151732ISBN:1857151739
Description: New. This is a trilogy of novels about World War II, based on the author's own experiences as an army officer. The focus of the action is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family. The story presents a moving but often hilarious pictur... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140069303ISBN:0140069305
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1984. Paperback. Number of pages: 571. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Roll to spine. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Folio Society
Date Published: 2001
Description: John Lawrence. Very Good/No Jacket. Noisbn Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender. From smoke free source, mostly in unread condition. in slipcase. read more
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"This is out in two formats: I read a version which wasn't divided into three novels, but you can also find the three novels of the trilogy separately. Not sure if there's any difference, but my copy is certainly one novel, and not three. Guy Crouchback goes to war as a member of the Halberdiers, a quasi-aristocratic regiment. He is trying to fight 'The Modern World in Arms,' but this is all complicated by the alliance with the USSR. As the book develops, the vision of aristocratic purity is broken down again and again. All the comedy (exploding toilets etc...) eventually adds up to a great gap and a great example of the vacuous happy ending which fails to cover up all the problems the book has created. This is a great read, and interesting too."
"Since this book is the third of a trilogy, which I didn't know when I first picked it up, it was a bit hard to follow at first. It was like turning on a television movie that looks really interesting, but which is already half finished. At first, it took some time to figure out, even with the help of the forward. And some of the characters I still couldn't place in my mind. But the dialogues were enjoyable, the plot pleasing, and the underlying theme of the most important things in life not being subject to scientific quantification quite well established. The book does boost one's trust in God, even in the midst of suffering, and it showed that sacrifice is the choice that love makes.
And I loved the word describing a comb missing some teeth: undenticulated."
"not an easy read. many characters flowing in and out of the three volumes. an interesting and seemingly realistic view of WWII from the viewpoint of an average middle-aged Englishman who enlisted in his 30s"
"An interesting take on the British experience of World War Two and also of Anglo Catholicism by the author of Brideshead Revisited. Recommended to me by one of my high school teachers who had lived the same sort of muddled war time experience. A good parallel to Anthony Powell's account of the war in the volumes of his Dance to the Music of Time sequence that cover the war."
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