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Vile bodies

Waugh, EvelynJacobs, Richard(Introduction by)
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In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter.

The Bright Young Things of twenties' Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade.

In a quest for treasure, a favourite party occupation, a vivid assortment of characters hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the fulfilment of unconscious desires.

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Product Details
Penguin Books Ltd
0141187506 / 9780141187501
Paperback
823.912
28/08/2003
United Kingdom
English
Classics
223 p.
18 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Chapman & Hall, 1930.
Evelyn Waugh won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1952 for "Men at Arms".
Evelyn Waugh won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1952 for "Men at Arms". FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FC Classic fiction (pre c 1945)