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Vile Bodies

Author: Evelyn Waugh
Imprint: Penguin
Binding: Pbk
This title has been made in to a film

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Vile Bodies

Publisher's synopsis:

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.

The film adaptation, Bright Young Things, was released in 2004, directed by Stephen Fry. It stars Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney and David Tennant.

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Fiction General Fiction

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