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"Vile Bodies" is a novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1930. The story follows Adam Fenwick-Symes, a young and aspiring writer who becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures. After a hasty and somewhat dubious marriage to Nina Blount, Adam finds himself entangled in the world of the wealthy and frivolous. As he navigates this new circle, he becomes involved in a proposed "war picnic" a ludicrous and ultimately doomed endeavor to stage a party on a ship to promote peace and international understanding. Through Adam's experiences and the novel's satirical tone, Waugh critiques the excesses and superficiality of the British upper class between the wars. The novel explores themes of disillusionment, moral decay, and the search for meaning in a post-World War I society.

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