The Soldier’s Art 9780099472476 Paperback

He is, as Proust was before him, the great chronicler of his culture in his time.GuardianPowell is very like a drug, the more compelling the more you read him.Sunday Times[Has] a unique place in English literature.Melvyn BraggA Dance to the Music of Time is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Now in the first volumes 75th anniversary year, this twelve-volume series is ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.In this eighth volume, as the Second World War rumbles on, Nick Jenkins finds himself posted to Divisional Headquarters as the assistant to his old friend, the rapidly rising Major Widmerpool. Having to work alongside the obnoxious Captain Biggs, Nick is pleased when his old school pal, Charles Stringham, becomes the latest recruit to the armed forces.However, the cruelties of war are not far behind. As the Blitz intensifies, tragedy and despair are in store for Nick and his friends.Praise for ‘A Dance to the Music of TimeA world as rich as Joyce’s on the one hand and P. G. Wodehouses on the other.GuardianOne of the great novel-sequences in English Literature.William BoydOne of the greatest pleasures of my reading life.Michael PalinAn epic, elegant masterpiece.Lauren GroffA joyous experience.Roddy DoyleAn intricately wrought work of art.John BanvilleThe finest long comic novel that England has produced.Anthony BurgessMr Powells imagination is inexhaustible.Evelyn WaughOne of English fictions few twentieth-century masterpieces.London Review of BooksThere is no other novelist whose work gives so much or such consistent pleasure.Times Literary Supplement