Describes the hopes and cynical betrayals of the author's experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War.

A classic war memoir, now a major Hollywood film, is being directed by Sam Mendes and starring Jake Gyllenhall as 'Swoff'

The third book in The Brentford Trilogy , following on from The Antipope and The Brentford Triangle . Once again it features the further adventures of Jim Pooley, John Omally, and all the regulars at the Flying Swan.

When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene. In the course of the strange events which follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss Hazelstone's remarkable rubber room.

Presents the author's reminiscences of World War II.

Presents an account of the author's life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life.