num_pages: 307
description: Brian Leonard, a Monty Python of secret agents, meets James Churchill, a young officer at an English army base where preparations are under way for Operation Apollo. To complicate matters, Churchill has gone round-the-bend for a parole from the mental ward. Thrown amongst these loose cannons is a widowed beauty who practices "conspicuous polyandry," an unfocused psychiatrist, an unbelieving chaplain, and a charming alcoholic. "Amis delights in combining espionage, violence, love and religious skepticism. Such disparate elements, like dishpans and fire rings, challenge his juggler's dexterity. Who wins? The reader!" (Publisher's Source)
language: English
title: The Anti-Death League
titlecomplete: The Anti-Death League
characters: Major William "Willie" Ayscue, Captain Maximilian "Max" Hunter, Captain Brian Leonard, Colonel "Chalky" White, Major Venables
genres: Classics, British Literature, Humor, Novels, War, Espionage, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 369
publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World