Antic Hay
Anonymous
Publisher: Reading Essentials
Summary
Antic Hay takes us to London and depicts the aimless and self-absorbed cultural elite in the sad and turbulent times following the end of World War I. The book follows the lives of a diverse cast of characters in bohemian, artistic and intellectual circles. The characters have to deal with the lack of values and stability brought by the terrible conflict. Everybody is lost but at the same time looking for happiness while everything is going out of control in a ridiculous and comic way. Huxley's satire lampooons conventional London behavior and morality in the 1920s.