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The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh (1999, Paperback) 
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh (1999, Paperback)

 
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh (1999, Paperback)

Author: Evelyn Waugh
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Publication Date: 1999-09-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0316926086
ISBN-13: 9780316926089
Product ID: EPID105773
Description: In Waugh's satire of American life, Barlow, the English protagonist, is a young man who comes to Hollywood to stay with the screenwriter Francis Hinsley, his uncle. Shortly after Barlow's arrival, Hinsley is fired from his position and h...
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Synopsis
In Waugh's satire of American life, Barlow, the English protagonist, is a young man who comes to Hollywood to stay with the screenwriter Francis Hinsley, his uncle. Shortly after Barlow's arrival, Hinsley is fired from his position and hangs himself. While making arrangements for the burial, Barlow falls in love with Aimee Thanatogenes, one of the embalmers at the funeral home. Barlow courts Aimee by sending her plagiarized poems about death, and he takes a job at a nearby pet cemetery in order to raise enough money to get married. However, Aimee's boss, Mr. Joyboy, is also in love with her and concocts a plan to get Barlow out of the way. One of the most outrageous black comedies ever written, "The Loved One" is probably the most biting of all Waugh's satirical works.

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Publication Date:1999-09-01

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Height:8.0 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:4.8 oz

Publisher's Note
Mr. Joyboy, an embalmer, and Aimee Thanatogenos, crematorium cosmetician, find their romance complicated by the appearance of a young English poet.

Industry Reviews
"'The Loved One' is a novel that represents America as savagery, and American death practices as a classic example of that savagery. The hero comes back to his ancient and comfortable shore, then writes out of savagery."
Literary Review - Malcolm Bradbury (08/19/1995)

"[A] thoroughly horrible and fiendishly entertaining book....Rarely in fiction have such execrably bad taste and such cruel wit been combined in one short satirical novel....Its humors are ghoulish and its hyena laughter snarls obscenely."
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