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The Loved One

by Evelyn Waugh

The Loved One Cover

ISBN13: 9780316926089
ISBN10: 0316926086
Condition: Standard
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In Hollywood, at Whispering Glades, a full-service funeral home for departed greats, the mononymonous Mr. Joyboy and Aimee Thanatogenos fall in love...with each other and their work. He is chief embalmer, she a crematorium cosmetician. They spend their days contentedly prepping the loved ones for a final appearance.

Into this idyllic scene comes Denis Barlow, aspiring poet and funerary colleague. But Denis is downscale, his employer the Happier Hunting Ground, a pet cemetery. Denis looks to Aimee for professional reconstruction, falls in love with her instead, and sets up a triangle that is literally more than Aimee can bear.

Review:

"A fiendishly entertaining book...Evelyn Waugh has never written more brilliantly. Devilishly, impishly amusing." The New York Times

Synopsis:

Mr. Joyboy, an embalmer, and Aimee Thanatogenos, crematorium cosmetician, find their romance complicated by the appearance of a young English poet.
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About the Author

As a comic writer, satirist and master of English prose, Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) has been admired more than any other novelist of his generation. His celebrated novels include Vile Bodies, A Handful of Dust and Scoop. He also wrote numerous travel books and biographies, as well as his Diaries and Letters.
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mstrust, March 16, 2008 (view all comments by mstrust)
Read it! The Loved One is fun, full of black humor that would be outrageous for a current novel, so it's hard to believe it was written several decades ago. So very ahead of its time!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780316926089
Author:
Waugh, Evelyn
Publisher:
Back Bay Books
Author:
Minton
Location:
Boston
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Humorous
Subject:
British and irish fiction (fictional works by
Subject:
Satire
Subject:
Motion picture industry
Subject:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject:
Hollywood
Copyright:
1948
Series Volume:
96-589
Publication Date:
November 1977
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
7.71x5.02x.44 in. .35 lbs.
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