This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh's career. Its central character is guy crouchback, head of an ancient but de...This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh's career. Its central character is guy crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend christian values against nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war too much for him.