num_pages: 322
description: The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it is promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. 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 fulfilment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh’s acidly funny and experimental satire shows a new generation emerging in the years after the First World War, revealing the darkness and vulnerability beneath the glittering surface of the high life.
language: English
title: Vile Bodies
titlecomplete: Vile Bodies
characters: Lottie Crump, Ginger Littlejohn, Miles Malpractice, Adam Fenwick-Symes, Nina Blount, Melrose Ape
genres: Classics, British Literature, Modern Classics, Humor, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 15242
places: London, England
publisher: Back Bay Books