Vile Bodies
by Evelyn Waugh
Mayfair, the brilliant young stuff of the 1920s, with its paradoxical combination of innocence and complexity, uses their creative minds and vile bodies in all sorts of bizarre escapes, such as depravity, dancing, cocktail parties, or sports cars. A brilliant cast of characters, including struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocrat Nina Blount, are quickly and fiercely hunted for greater feelings and hedonistic fulfillment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh's acid-comic and experimental satires show a new generation emerging in the years after World War I, revealing the darkness and fragility beneath the glittering surface of higher life.
