Vile Bodies
by Evelyn Waugh · first published 1930
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Waugh’s second novel, published in 1930, is a satire of upper class modern society, savagely parodying the so-called ‘Bright Young Things’ of the nineteen twenties.
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…Bacon Thomson, Rupert - Insult, The Thurman, Wallace - Infants Of The Spring Toole, John Kennedy - A Confederacy Of Dunces Waterhouse, Keith - Billy Liar Waters, Sarah - Fingersmith Waugh, Evelyn - Vile Bodies Weschler, Lawrence - Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonders West, Nathanael - Day Of The Locust, The White, Charles - Life And Times Of Little Richard, The Wilson, Colin - Outsider, The Wolf, Christa - Quest…
on “David Bowie’s Top 100 Books (2013)” ↗Also of interest is vile bodies, which is a very good but characteristically depressing book by evelyn waugh.
on “What will enter the public domain in 2026?” ↗There is a story about Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited, Vile Bodies &c) coming downstairs and finding the kids fruit ration in WW2, and eating his Son's (Auberon Waugh, of Private Eye fame) banana with gusto. The first one he'd seen in years. I suspect fruit rations…
on “Banana Production in Iceland” ↗…Weatherhouse 5 Langston Hughes – Not Without Laughter 6 Wallace Stevens 7 Hermann Hesse – Narcissus and Goldmund 8 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film) 9 Barbara Hepworth 10 Evelyn Waugh – Vile Bodies 11 Geoffrey Dennis – The End of the World 12 Charlie Parker 13 Margaret Ayer Barnes – Years of Grace 14 Hellbound Train 15 Hannah Arendt 16 Robert Musil – The Man Without Qualities 17 T.…
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