Description
Evelyn Waugh's biting satire, *Vile Bodies*, plunges into the decadent and disoriented world of the "Bright Young Things" in post-World War I England. The novel follows the charmingly aimless Adam Fenwick-Symes as he navigates a dizzying landscape of parties, flapper culture, and social upheaval, all while struggling to complete his novel and secure the funds for his impending marriage. Through a whirlwind of glittering excess and underlying melancholy, Waugh masterfully skewers the superficiality and moral ambiguity of a generation adrift in the interwar years. This darkly comic masterpiece captures the frantic energy and existential ennui of an era teetering on the brink of profound change.
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paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
Published Feb 3, 2000
256 pages
ISBN: 9780141182872
paperback
Penguin
Published Jan 1, 1938
ISBN: 9780140001365
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First Published
1930
Language
eng
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