Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), whom Time called "one of the century's great masters of English prose," wrote several widely acclaimed novels as well as volumes of biography, memoir, travel writing, and journalism. Three of his novels, A Handful of Dust, Scoop, and Brideshead Revisited, were selected by the Modern Library as among the 100 best novels of the twentieth century.
"A highly entertaining novel about some of the preposterious
experiences of the Second World War....Men at Arms has none
of the ponderous detail, none of the piled-on brutality, which have
made so many war books a heavy burden. Waugh's sharp wit and sure
touch of satire are always at work."--Edward Weeks, Atlantic
Monthly
"An eminently readable comedy of modern war...frequently hilarious,
sometimes touching."--Alice Morris, New York Times
"Highly entertaining."--Atlantic Monthly
"Reading Men at Arms is like hearing a full keyboard used by
a pianist who has hitherto confined himself to a single octave.
Waugh is fully alive to the fact that no modern war is just a
soldier's war. The drawing rooms, kitchens, and clubs of the home
front interest him just as much as the barracks and the tents....To
Waugh--and to the reader, after Waugh has waved his magic wand of
characterization--mediocrity seems not only a human condition but a
fascinating one."--TIME
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