This time on the show, Courtney and Christian check out Evelyn Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies, a biting satire of the lives of the Bright Young People in 1920s Britain, and then they look at the novel’s one and only film adaptation, Bright Young Things (2003) directed by Stephen Fry.

Recommended Reading:

Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh

Bright Young Things on Wikipedia

Futurism on Wikipedia

BLAST (Magazine) on Wikipedia

Next Episode: 

We’re reading Stardust, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess. We’re both huge fans of Neil Gaimain, so read along and check out the movie before the episode airs at the start of next month. 

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