{"product_id":"vile-bodies","title":"Vile Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Waugh's acidly funny and formally daring satire, \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the darkness and vulnerability that lurks beneath the glittering surface of the high life.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn 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 - whether promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. In a quest for treasure, a favourite party occupation, 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 fulfilment of unconscious desires.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Waugh's \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'The high point of the experimental, original Waugh'\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMalcolm Bradbury, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'This brilliantly funny, anxious and resonant novel ... the difficult edgy guide to the turn of the decade'\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRichard Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'It's Britain's \u003ci\u003eGreat Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\r\nStephen Fry, director of \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e film adaptation \u003ci\u003eBright Young Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Wordsworth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174844874930,"sku":"9780141182872","price":270.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/30809_4589_60db1e77bd8484.70071162_9780141182872.jpg?v=1773214084","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/vile-bodies","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}