I realised I haven't put a post up for this despite the fact that I read it a while ago.
Like most of Waugh's work, it a satirical criticism for certain elements of the society of 1920s Britain using techniques like dark humour and revealing dialogue.
Paul Pennyfeather, an Oxford student is forced to work at a public school, where he meets Lady Metroland (who appears in other works by Waugh). Her job, however, is trafficking in prostitutes and Pennyfeather is arrested, protecting her. He eventually fakes his own death to escape prison and returns to his old college under another name.
The various characters are all brutally satirised and we see that there aren't that many differences between the two many locations: the school and the prison.
I have been thoroughly enjoying Waugh's novels and will definitely read more.
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