{"product_id":"the-devil-in-the-flesh-by-raymond-radiguet","title":"The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this novel of desire and perdition, a bored and precocious adolescent pursues the wife of a soldier fighting in the First World War. At first attracted to Marthe out of sheer aimlessness, he finds himself falling in love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsumed by sensual pleasure and power games, the pair do nothing to disguise their affair - until the consequences of their heedlessness begin to unfold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis shockingly sexy novel rocketed its teenage author into overnight fame in the 1920s - and was all the more scandalous for being based on his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A triumph of the poetic intelligence: a masterpiece'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So shrewd, so ruthless, glittering and clever... every page he wrote was a delight' Fay Weldon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Christopher Moncrieff.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaymond Radiguet (1903-1923) entered Parisian literary society with a bang when\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas published. Only eighteen at the time, he became the star of an unprecedented publicity campaign and earned copious praise and censure for his precocious talent and scandalous behaviour - the more so as the novel was based on his own wartime affair with a soldier's wife. A protégé and perhaps lover of Jean Cocteau, he fraternized with artists, dancers and aristocrats, drank heavily, and generally ran riot, before settling down for a brief period, during which he wrote one more novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCount d'Orgel\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Pushkin Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortly after the manuscript was completed, he contracted typhoid fever and died within a few weeks, aged only twenty. He is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher Moncrieff is a poet, linguist and literary translator from French, German and Romanian. As well as a writing career he has served in the military and produced\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eson et lumière\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espectacles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is descended from the poet Robert Burns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 208 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781805331575\u003cbr\u003ePublished:12 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003eWeight:186g\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63338650403165,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781805331575.jpg?v=1770475916","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/the-devil-in-the-flesh-by-raymond-radiguet","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}