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Also by Evelyn Waugh:

Put Out More Flags, August 2002
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Vile Bodies, September 1999
Paperback

VILE BODIES
By: Evelyn Waugh

Back Bay Books
September 1999
On Sale: September 1, 1999
336 pages
ISBN: 0316926116
EAN: 9780316926119
Paperback
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Non-Fiction

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.

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