Catch-22 is a darkly comic anti-war novel that follows Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army bombardier during World War II, as he desperately tries to escape the madness and bureaucracy of military life. Trapped by the paradoxical logic of "Catch-22"-which states that trying to avoid combat missions proves one is sane, but asking to be grounded is evidence of insanity-Yossarian finds himself in an endless cycle of absurdity, fear, and frustration. Through...

The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China.
Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him.

Shanghai, 1941—a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his...

Loosely based on Waugh's own war-time experiences, The End of the Battle is his last novel in the trilogy of World War II, written with the usual Waugh wit, grace, and polished humor, the story of British officer Guy Crouchback.

A young American major, occupying a small Italian town after World War II, helps the townspeople obtain their greatest desire, a new bell.

Coming-of-age story of a teenage boy sitting out World War II with his mother in a small town in New Mexico while his father volunteers his services to the Navy.

"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" -- publisher website (August...