Loved One by Evelyn Waugh, Minton
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(Paperback - Revised)
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
- Pub. Date: November 1977
- ISBN-13: 9780316926089
- Sales Rank: 45,733
- 176pp
- Edition Description: Revised
Synopsis
In The Loved One, Waugh takes an acerbic look at Hollywood's way of life and the American way of death. His hero, British expatriate Dennis Barlow, is an aspiring poet who composes by day and works by night at the Happier Hunting Ground, a local pet cemetery. By chance he is called on to arrange a funeral for a fellow Brit (a victim of the movie industry) at the resplendent Whispering Glades Cemetery, where he meets Aimee Thanatogenos, the beautiful junior cosmetician, and Mr. Joyboy, the senior mrotician, and the plots shifts into hilarious high gear.
Biography
Although he’s best known for Brideshead Revisited, his melancholy look back at the twilight of the English aristocracy, it's Evelyn Waugh’s genius for satire that truly distinguishes him. His acid wit and relentless drive to uncover hypocrisy and pretension make him a writer whose sweet way with words is equally matched by his powerful, almost bitter satires of modern culture.
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Evelyn Waugh The Loved Oneby escapee
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January 24, 2009: Having read Handful of Dust and The Loved One, I am now a huge fan of Evelyn Waugh. He brings his characters to life and so far they have allowed us to peep, like voyeurs, into the private lives of the privileged British classes. And the hero of his books are like outsiders to this class structure, yet are embraced by it because that is really where they belong even though they don't really seem to fit in. At least, that is my interpretaion, for what it is worth, and I can't wait to read some more of his works.
Hard to stay seatedby Anonymous
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January 29, 2005: Do not stop reading because the beginning confuses you. As the descriptions fall into place over the outrageous plot, The Loved One really takes you into a world of caricatured characters of perplexing personalities. Remember, this is British humor. You won't get it immediately unless you're British. But when you do, you can't stop laughing.
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