Vile Bodies
Jacket of the first UK edition of Vile Bodies | |
| Author | Evelyn Waugh |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel, satire |
| Set in | England, late 1920s |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall |
Publication date | 1930 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 254 |
| ISBN | 0-14-118287-3 |
| OCLC | 42700827 |
| 823.912 | |
| LC Class | PR6045 .A97 |
| Preceded by | Decline and Fall |
| Followed by | Black Mischief |
Vile Bodies is the second novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1930. It satirises London's post-First World War "bright young things" and the press coverage around them. Waugh originally considered the title Bright Young Things but changed it; the published title echoes a narrator's remark on crowds and parties: "Those vile bodies."
The book was dedicated to B. G. and D. G., Waugh's friends Bryan Guinness and his wife Diana.