{"product_id":"2026600003088-secondhand-officers-and-gentlemen","title":"Officers And Gentlemen","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing         ,          price clipped\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Boards - good with minor marks. Binding - tight. Pages - name penned on fep; some foxing on prelims and book block; clean text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second volume in Evelyn Waugh's celebrated Sword of Honour trilogy, Officers and Gentlemen chronicles the continued wartime misadventures of Guy Crouchback, an idealistic English Catholic gentleman navigating the chaos and absurdity of World War II. With biting satirical wit, Waugh illustrates the vast gulf between the romantic notions of military honor and the farcical, often humiliating realities of modern warfare, following Guy from the elite Halberdier regiment to the ill-fated Cretan campaign. The novel presents a cast of brilliantly drawn characters — from the roguishly charming Trimmer to the enigmatic Ivor Claire — who together embody the moral ambiguities and social pretensions of wartime Britain. Waugh's prose is sharp and darkly comic, yet underpinned by a profound melancholy as Guy's faith in the institutions of honor and gentlemanly conduct is steadily eroded. A masterwork of twentieth-century British fiction, it stands as both a devastating critique of class and military culture and a deeply human portrait of disillusionment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810633560283,"sku":"2026600003088-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/20b50b42-89e4-4fcc-a921-366b70a32c4d.png?v=1779806303","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600003088-secondhand-officers-and-gentlemen","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}