Vile Bodies
by:
Evelyn Waugh (author)
In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious...
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In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. In these pages a vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the hedonistic fulfillment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny satire reveals the darkness and vulnerability beneath the sparkling surface of the high life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316216340 (0316216348)
Publish date: December 11th 2012
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Modern Classics
It is easy to romanticise the past. Especially so when the time period in question has littered popular culture since with as many cliches as the 1920s - think jazz, flappers, liberalism, emancipation, and then throw in the images of parties, cocktails, and the pursuits of the well-to-do, which inev...
Interesting, zany, and bizarre novel. The rapidly changing scenes and swift pace make me question whether Waugh was an author with ADD. Altogether, quite a fun read :)
This book really snuck up on me. For the first 100 pages I kept thinking it was a cute little book but only worth 3*. The more I read though the more I enjoyed it and appreciated its wit and charm. Still it was only a 3.5* read. I finished and thought about it for awhile when like a thunderbolt the ...
Updated thoughts can be found here - http://youtu.be/msKfCg6fUzoI just finished reading the gorgeous 1930 novel, Vile Bodies by the old genius of a boy, Evelyn Waugh.I feel it's not too soon to admit to this already being one of my favorite books of all time. Just lovely in every way.I'd already see...
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