Издания и произведения

"Золотая молодежь", словно сошедшая со страниц Вудхауса, — легкомысленная, не приспособленная к жизни и удивительно наивная, — на пороге Второй мировой. Поначалу им кажется, что война — это просто очередное приключение. Новая форма, офицерский чин, теплое место при штабе. А сражения – они… где-то далеко. Но потом война становится реальностью. И каждый ее встретит по-своему: кто-то — на передовой, а кто-то — в пригородах, с энтузиазмом разрушая местные красоты и сражаясь с воображаемым врагом…

Upper-class scoundrel Basil Seal, mad, bad, and dangerous to know, creates havoc wherever he goes, much to the despair of the three women in his life-his sister, his mother, and his mistress. When Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany, it seems the perfect opportunity for more action and adventure. So Basil follows the call to arms and sets forth to enjoy his finest hour-as a war hero. Basil's instincts for self-preservation come to the fore as he insinuates himself into the Ministry of Information and a little-known section of Military Security. With Europe frozen in the "phoney war," when will Basil's big chance to fight finally…

Upper-class scoundrel Basil Seal, mad, bad and dangerous to know, creates havoc wherever he goes, much to the despair of the three women in his life - his sister, mother and mistress. And when Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany, it seems the perfect opportunity for more action and adventure. So Basil follows the call to arms and goes forth to have his finest hour - as a war hero. His instincts for self-preservation come to the fore in such spheres of opportunity as the Ministry of Information and a little-known section of Military Security. But, with Europe frozen in the "phoney war", when will Basil's big chance to fight finally…

The military operation described in Chapter III is wholly imaginary. No existing unit of His Majesty's Forces is represented there, or anywhere, directly or indirectly. No character is derived from any living man or woman.

What happened to the characters of DECLINE AND FALL and VILE BODIES when the war broke out? PUT OUT MORE FLAGS shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Some of them play a valorous part; others, like the scapegrace Basil Sea, disclose their incorrigible habit of self-preservation in all circumstances. Basil's contribution to the war effort involves the use of his peculiar talents in such spheres of opportunity as the Ministry of Information and an obscure section of Military Security - adventures which incite Evelyn Waugh to another pungent satire upon the coteries of Mayfair.

"Золотая молодежь", словно сошедшая со страниц Вудхауса, — легкомысленная, не приспособленная к жизни и удивительно наивная, — на пороге Второй мировой. Поначалу им кажется, что война — это просто очередное приключение. Новая форма, офицерский чин, теплое место при штабе. А сражения – они… где-то далеко. Но потом война становится реальностью. И каждый ее встретит по-своему: кто-то — на передовой, а кто-то — в пригородах, с энтузиазмом разрушая местные красоты и сражаясь с воображаемым врагом…