Vile Bodies
by Evelyn Waugh
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Formby, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Folio Society. Very Good. 2015. Hardcover. The book is in very good condition, appears to be unread. The slipcase Is complete with some light markings. ; From the library of David Lodge. David John Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Evelyn Waugh Lodge's thesis for his MA was on Roman Catholic writers and the "two stars" of that thesis were Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene; both are mentioned extensively in his autobiography - Quite a Good Time to Be Born. The introduction to this edition was written by David Lodge. .
Synopsis
Vile Bodies is a 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh satirising decadent young London society between World War I and World War II. The title comes from the Epistle to the Philippians 3:21. The book was originally to be called "Bright Young Things" (which went on to be the title of Stephen Fry's 2003 film); Waugh changed it because he decided the phrase had become too clichéd.
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- Bookseller
- Truffle Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 700
- Title
- Vile Bodies
- Author
- Evelyn Waugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Date Published
- 2015
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