Crazy Pavements
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A sparkling work of satirical fiction, Crazy Pavements chronicles the misadventures of Brian Elme, a charming but naïve young man who is swept up into the glittering, decadent world of London's high society in the 1920s. Beverley Nichols captures the era's brittle glamour with razor-sharp wit, illustrating how the idle rich fritter away their lives in a carousel of parties, gossip, and shallow intrigue. The novel presents its cast of socialites and hangers-on with a deliciously sardonic eye, unmasking the emptiness lurking beneath the champagne and laughter. Written with the breezy, knowing tone of an insider, it stands as both a comic romp and a pointed critique of the Bright Young Things generation. Fans of Evelyn Waugh and early Noël Coward will find in these pages a kindred spirit — witty, worldly, and wickedly observant.
Author: Beverley Nichols
Format: Hardback
Published: 1932, Jonathan Cape - Florin Book
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A sparkling work of satirical fiction, Crazy Pavements chronicles the misadventures of Brian Elme, a charming but naïve young man who is swept up into the glittering, decadent world of London's high society in the 1920s. Beverley Nichols captures the era's brittle glamour with razor-sharp wit, illustrating how the idle rich fritter away their lives in a carousel of parties, gossip, and shallow intrigue. The novel presents its cast of socialites and hangers-on with a deliciously sardonic eye, unmasking the emptiness lurking beneath the champagne and laughter. Written with the breezy, knowing tone of an insider, it stands as both a comic romp and a pointed critique of the Bright Young Things generation. Fans of Evelyn Waugh and early Noël Coward will find in these pages a kindred spirit — witty, worldly, and wickedly observant.