One of a genre at the time, the novel is examines the changing
nature of English society in the interwar period. The style and
subject matter is comparable to the works of Evelyn Waugh, his
contemporary, and earlier writers such as P.G.Wodehouse and Jerome
K. Jerome. It is also known for its portrayal of traditional
village cricket.The novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
for fiction in 1933.
Set in 1920s England, the book is written as if a travel memoir
by a young Scotsman who had been invalided away from the Western
Front, "Donald Cameron," whose father's will forces him to reside
in England. There he writes for a series of London newspapers
before being commissioned by a Welshman to write a book about the
English from the view of a foreigner. Taking to the country and
provincial cities, Donald spends his time carrying out research for
a book on the English by consorting with journalists and minor
poets, attending a country house weekend, serving as private
secretary to a Member of Parliament, attending the League of
Nations, and playing village cricket. The village cricket match is
the most celebrated episode in the novel, and a reason cited for
its enduring appeal. A key character is Mr Hodge; a caricature of
Sir John Squire (poet and editor of the London Mercury) while the
cricket team described in the book's most famous chapter is a
representation of Sir John's Cricket Club -- the Invalids -- which
survives today.
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