Some of the Bright Young Things of Waugh's other satiric novels appear in this work set slightly in the future; apparently light-hearted to begin with, it ends bleakly with its inept protagonist alone on an apocalyptic European battlefield.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |
|
Vile Bodies | Chapman & Hall | Novel | |
| April 1938 |
|
Vile Bodies | Penguin Books | Novel | |
| March 1960 |
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Vile Bodies; and, Black Mischief | Dell Laurel | Omnibus | 7 |
| 2008 |
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Vile Bodies | CSA Word | Novel | |
| December 2012 |
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Vile Bodies | Little, Brown | Novel | |2 |