Waugh, Evelyn
The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141184241
- author:
- Waugh, Evelyn
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 12.7 x 0.8 x 19.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Classic fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One is a witty satire on artistic integrity and the British expat community in Hollywood. Set in the artificial paradise of Whispering Glades Memorial Park, the novel satirizes the American way of death and offers a memento mori. Within its golden gates, death is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday, and the protagonist, Dennis Barlow, finds himself entering a fragile and bizarre world of American culture. He becomes embroiled in the world of Aimée, a naïve Californian corpse beautician, and Mr Joyboy, the master of the embalmer's art. A dark and savage satire on the Anglo-American cultural divide, The Loved One depicts a world where love, reputation, and death cost a great deal.
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