Book description
The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of
innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile
bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it is promiscuity,
dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. A vivid assortment of
characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the
glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever
greater sensations and the hedonistic fulfilment of their desires.
Evelyn Waugh s acidly funny and experimental satire shows a new
generation emerging in the years after the First World War, revealing
the darkness and vulnerability beneath the glittering surface of the
high life. Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was born in London and educated at
Oxford. He quickly established a reputation with such social satirical
novels as DECLINE AND FALL, VILE BODIES and SCOOP. Waugh became a
Catholic in 1930, and his later books display a more serious attitude,
as seen in the religious theme of BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, a nostalgic
evocation of student days at Oxford. His diaries were published in 1976,
and his letters in 1980.
