The first volume of Evelyn Waugh’s war trilogy follows Guy Crouchback as he enters military service during the Second World War. It mixes irony and humor with a bleak look at the absurdity of war and human relations.

The gap between ideal and reality sharpens the novel’s bitter comic edge.

G. M. Young's Stanley Baldwin is a biography of the central figure of interwar British politics, written in a calm but sharply observant style. It layers Baldwin's public conduct, private character, the language of Conservative politics, and the mood of the age to build a layered portrait of leadership.

A biography that brings an interwar British leader into focus through quiet observation.