Vile Bodies
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In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The...
Published By Back Bay Books
Format Paperback
Category
Number Of Pages 320
Publication Date 12/11/2012
ISBN 9780316216340
Dimensions 5.55 inches x 8.25 inches
"It may shock you, but it will make you laugh."—New York Times
"A wickedly witty and iridescent novel."—TIME
"A hectic piece of savage satire....I laughed until I was driven out of the room."—V.S. Pritchett, The Spectator
"Evelyn Waugh is a satirist, no doubt, but not a skeptic, for he believes, and proves, that amusement can be depriced from the most unpromising material, from people, that is, whose one occupation in life is the quest for amusement, people who give and attend parties."—Saturday Review
"A savage study in public and private morals....It is uproarious. It is also ferocious."—John K. Hutchens, New York Times
"Wonderfully funny."—Jessica Mitford, LIFE