
The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of twentieth-century fiction an inspiration for many later distinguished writers including Graham Greene. Set before the First World War it tells the tale of two wealthy & sophisticated couples one English one American as they travel socialise & take the waters in the spa towns of Europe. They are 'playing the game in style. That game has begun to unravel however & with compelling attention to the comic as well as the tragic results the American narrator reveals his growing awareness of the sexual intrigues & emotional betrayals that lie behind its facade.