Vile Bodies

from freelancer_frank

This is a book about class and frivolity. It is a satire on each that cannot quite hide its deep love for both. It has the sun-dappled loveliness of Wodehouse mixed in with the scabrous and forensi...

from Smiler69

Masked parties, Savage parties, Victorian parties, Greek parties, Wild West parties, Russian parties, Circus parties, parties where one had to dress as somebody else, almost naked parties in St Joh...

from Schmerguls

470. Vile Bodies, by Evelyn Waugh (read 6 Jan 1955) I read this book in 1955 and my comment thereon on Jan 6, 1955 I set out herewith: Some parts were so funny I nearly died laughing. and they made...

from AnnieMod

I like the period between the two great wars. Or I should probably say that I like he literature produced in that period. Waugh is one of those authors that manages to write something that gets lau...

from mlbelize

This book really snuck up on me. For the first 100 pages I kept thinking it was a cute little book but only worth 3*. The more I read though the more I enjoyed it and appreciated its wit and charm....