The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World

Description

C.E.M. Joad’s fictional Young Soldier goes on a pilgrimage to find the Better World that has been promised him after the war. He meets various allegorical characters, such as Mr. Escapegoat the diplomat and the Reverend Hateman, as well as a chorus of astrologers, Theosophists, Christian Scientists, Spiritualists and Oxford Groupers offering their different solutions to the woes of humanity. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake, this wartime satire was first published in 1943 and has echoes of Voltaire’s Candide. This is the first edition with damage to the dust jacket but otherwise in good condition.