PutOutMoreFlags(PenguinModernClassics)

作者 Evelyn Waugh著
出版社 PenguinBooks
出版时间 2000年5月
ISBN 9780141184012
定价 154.10

内容简介

WhathappenedtothecharactersofDECLINEANDFALLandVILEBODIESwhenthewarbrokeout?PUTOUTMOREFLAGSshowsthemadjustingtothechangingsocialpatternofthetimes.Someofthemplayavalorouspart;others,likethescapegraceBasilSea,disclosetheirincorrigiblehabitofself-preservationinallcircumstances.Basil'scontributiontothewareffortinvolvestheuseofhispeculiartalentsinsuchspheresofopportunityastheMinistryofInformationandanobscuresectionofMilitarySecurity-adventureswhichinciteEvelynWaughtoanotherpungentsatireuponthecoteriesofMayfair.

作者简介

EvelynWaugh(1903-1966)wasborninLondonandeducatedatOxford.HequicklyestablishedareputationwithsuchsocialsatiricalnovelsasDECLINEANDFALL,VILEBODIESandSCOOP.WaughbecameaCatholicin1930,andhislaterbooksdisplayamoreseriousattitude,asseeninthereligiousthemeofBRIDESHEADREVISITED,anostalgicevocationofstudentdaysatOxford.Hisdiarieswerepublishedin1976,andhislettersin1980.

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