Put Out More Flags

Put Out More Flags is set during the first year of the war and follows the wartime activities of characters introduced in Waugh’s earlier satirical novels Decline and Fall Vile Bodies and Black Mischief.PThe dormant conflict is reflected in the activity of the novel’s main characters. Earnest wouldbe soldier Alistair Trumpington finds himself engaged in incomprehensible manoeuvres instead of real combat while Waugh’s recurring ne’erdowell Basil Seal finds ample opportunity for amusing himself in the name of the war effort.