I was intrigued to read more of Waugh's books after reading A Handful of Dust. Without much knowledge of which were the best, I chose this Put Out More Flags. It depicts the period of the phoney war, when WW2 had broken out but there was little to no fighting. Basil Seal is a wonderful character; adventurous and imaginative.
I like the idea of characters recurring throughout his novels, without them being in a series as such. Decline and Fall is next on my Waugh-list, and contains some of the same characters. I look forward to reading it.
Funny, satirical, insightful.
A Handful of Dust is clearly the better book, but I thoroughly enjoyed this.
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