The Loved One - Evelyn Waugh 1948 Little, Brown & Co vintage hardback

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Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. There is some light tan discoloration around the edge of the boards and possibly glue stain inside the front cover. .  See images for the condition of this book.


Blurb: Following the death of a friend, British 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. 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...

A dark and savage satire on the Anglo-American cultural divide, The Loved One depicts a world where love, reputation, and death cost a very great deal.