As a pun on his name, one character in this novel is called "the Right Honourable Rape" behind his back.
As a pun on his name, one character in this novel is called "the Right Honourable Rape" behind his back. The protagonist of this novel invents the Polish sculptor Provna and starts a trend of wearing black suede shoes while working as the gossip columnist Mr. Chatterbox. One character in this novel hires a company to make a movie about John Wesley, and that owner of Doubting Hall gives the protagonist a check for a thousand pounds which the protagonist can't cash because it's signed "Charlie Chaplin". Lady Runcible dies after drunkenly crashing her car during a race, and the American evangelist Mrs. Melrose Ape manages a harem of "angels" in this novel. The protagonist's fiancee leaves him for the rich Ginger Littlejohn, after he is unable to procure any money for their wedding. Centering on the Bright Young Things, for 10 points, name this novel about Adam's engagement to Nina Blount, written by Evelyn Waugh.
As a pun on his name, one character in this novel is called "the Right Honourable Rape" behind his back.
{Vile Bodies}