I was aware before starting that this was a somewhat unreliable account of the exploits of Lawrence on the Eastern Front during WWI but the Introduction introduced such a level of scepticism that it tainted my reading; I was forever wondering what was true, what was exaggerated, what entirely fabric...
Through Guy Crouchback, the detached observer and would be knight, who thought his private honour would be satisfied by war, Evelyn Waugh perfectly captures the bureaucracy, pettiness, absurdity, humour, and confusion of war. It all rings true with numerous little details that make this book so sati...
I still like this story. Dickens always seems lame until I read him. Then I remember why he was the Stephen King/Tom Clancy of 19th Century Britain (in that he sold well and was long-winded). At least Dickens came right out and attacked the system.
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