{"product_id":"crazy-pavements-paperback","title":"Crazy Pavements - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeverley Nichols\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Deutsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An amazing book.' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'With this book he establishes his claim to rank as a vastly entertaining observer of human life. He has a very attractive style, a frequently delicious humour, and a dramatic sense of situation.' - Arthur Waugh, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Brilliantly original.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'It is altogether a brilliant affair.' - \u003ci\u003eBystander\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brian Elme ekes out a livelihood making up stories about celebrities for a tabloid gossip column. When an angry Lady Julia Cressey spots one of Brian's stories about her, it looks like the end of his journalism career - until she sees how young and handsome he is. Overnight, Brian finds himself the star of society, charming everyone with his beauty and ingenuousness and growing accustomed to late night parties, decadent dinners, and eternal cocktails. As Brian finds himself led down the path of depravity by his new friends, will he be able to maintain his innocence? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) was one of the 'Bright Young People', a group of socialites well-known in 1920s London for their drinking, drug use, and elaborate parties, and in this novel he satirized the set to which he belonged. Inspired in part by Wilde's \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e and an influence on Evelyn Waugh's novels, \u003ci\u003eCrazy Pavements\u003c\/i\u003e (1927) was a bestseller in its day and has lost none of its ferocious humour. This edition, the first in more than seventy years, includes a new introduction by David Deutsch discussing the novel's themes, including its gay subtexts.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153186361479,"sku":"9781939140357","price":34.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f1a07dd930184c6017898460933ad30d.webp?v=1733219646","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/crazy-pavements-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}