The military philosophers
Subtitle: a novel.
Series: His The music of time
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1968
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Description: Set mostly in London, with a brief interlude overseas, it is the period 1942-45. Nicholas Jenkins has been posted to a War Office liaison Section to work for the Allied armies. Absurdities coincide with horrors for the characters especially in the shady secret services; and although the violence is off-stage, it is still catastrophic. Widmerpool, now well-placed officially, runs into some rather colourful personal complications after meeting Pamela Flitton, the niece of Stringham and a notorious man-eater.