Overview
A British poet in 1940's Hollywood becomes entangled in the bizarre, satirical world of the American funeral industry, exposing the absurdities of modern attitudes toward death and commercialization.
"A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done" —The New Yorker
Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden gates, death, American-style, is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday--and Dennis gets drawn into a bizarre love triangle with Aimée Thanatogenos, a naïve Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer's art.
Evelyn Waugh's dark and savage satire depicts a world where reputation, love, and death cost a very great deal.
"A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done" —The New Yorker
Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden gates, death, American-style, is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday--and Dennis gets drawn into a bizarre love triangle with Aimée Thanatogenos, a naïve Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer's art.
Evelyn Waugh's dark and savage satire depicts a world where reputation, love, and death cost a very great deal.
The book, The Loved One [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780316216470 in Paperback by Evelyn Waugh may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
12/11/2012
ISBN-10:
031621647X
ISBN-13:
9780316216470
Pages:
176
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
