Officers and Gentlemen

Author: Evelyn Waugh

The second volume of Waugh’s masterful trilogy, Sword of Honour,,Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete…..Read More

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