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Put Out More Flags

By: Evelyn Waugh
Narrated by: Michael Maloney
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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 valorous parts; 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.

©1942 Evelyn Waugh (P)2015 Hachette Audio Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction War Witty Military

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This novel is best when the narrative focuses on Basil Seal as trusty as a floorboard with dry-rot. In the whirl of other characters toward the beginning I wanted a bit more definition, but it might have been the narration. Basil is toe-curling and am not sure about his epilogue - I need to explore more. Waugh's world is still populated by many of the kinds of characters that make you long for the 1945 general election. There are clearly poignant episodes which reflect where the future is moving. The lynes are so well portrayed. For me, I prefer 'Vile Bodies' for its foot-certain progress. Michael Maloney is a likeable enough performer, but - just sometimes - I wanted greater care with with sentence-sense.

Basil Seal

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I hadn’t read this book for 40 years, and I’d forgotten how brilliant it is. Excellent narration brings it alive.

Brilliant

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