{"product_id":"9780141184241-the-loved-one","title":"The Loved One","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood, this novel satirizes the American way of death and offers Waugh's memento mori.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubtitled \u003ci\u003eAn Anglo-American Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Evelyn Waugh's \u003ci\u003eThe Loved One \u003c\/i\u003eis a witty satirical novel on artistic integrity and the British expat community in Hollywood, published in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe more startling for the economy of its prose and plot, this novel's story, set among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood, satirizes the American way of death and offers Waugh's \u003ci\u003ememento mori\u003c\/i\u003e. Following the death of a friend, poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering into 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. There, Dennis enters the fragile and bizarre world of Aimée, the naïve Californian corpse beautician, and Mr Joyboy, the master of the embalmer's art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dark and savage satire on the Anglo-American cultural divide, \u003ci\u003eThe Loved One \u003c\/i\u003edepicts a world where love, reputation and death cost a very great deal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvelyn Waugh (1903-66) was born in Hampstead, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, which was soon followed by \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (1934) and \u003ci\u003eScoop\u003c\/i\u003e (1938). In 1942 he published \u003ci\u003ePut Out More Flags\u003c\/i\u003e and then in 1945 \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMen at Arms\u003c\/i\u003e (1952) was the first volume of 'The Sword of Honour' trilogy, and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; the other volumes, \u003ci\u003eOfficers and Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnconditional Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e, followed in 1955 and 1961.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Loved One\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Waugh's \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The master of black comedy'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the funniest and most significant books of the century'\u003cbr\u003eAlice Thomas Ellis, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943027781729,"sku":"9780141184241","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34337385_04726e9d-6a7a-44f2-a80d-6e9b278f05b4.jpg?v=1747275818","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141184241-the-loved-one","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}