
The Vile Village [9781405266109]
There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must…
'The high point of the experimental original Waugh' - Malcolm Bradbury, Sunday Times
In the years following the First World War a new generation emerge, 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. In a quest for treasure, a favourite party occupation, a vivid assortment of characters hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the fulfilment of unconscious desires.
'This brilliantly funny, anxious and resonant novel ... the difficult edgy guide to the turn of the decade' - Richard Jacobs