I feel I should be able to be helpful on the question. I saw the movie recently. I've read lots of Waugh. But I can't think how a Conservative, with a big C, and a Catholic, with an equally high C, one and the same person, might end up in the body of a female character.
And what Fry wrought is a long way from what Waugh wrote.
I'm wondering if you'll find this essay on the differences between the book and the movie helpful:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/01/114136.php
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
On Jun 10, 2006, at 8:54 PM, Andy Amago wrote:
<x-tad-smaller>I saw a pretty good movie tonight, Bright Young Things, based on the book Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh. I liked it. Better, I thought, than Great Gatsby. I've never read Evelyn Waugh. Going completely by intuition, I suspect he put himself into the character of Nina but I am definitely open to correction. Is anyone familiar with Mr. Waugh and this book?</x-tad-smaller>
