Waugh had written that, 'I should not think six Americans will understand it' and was baffled and even angered by its popularity in America, referring to it as 'my humiliating success in U.S.A.' This beautiful edition has the benefit of full colour reproductions of satirical plates by Beryl Cook.

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The Loved One was written as a result of Evelyn Waugh's trip to Hollywood in February and March 1947. The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy is a short satirical novel by British novelist Evelyn Waugh about the funeral business in Los Angeles, the British expatriate community in Hollywood, and the film industry. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified. A dust wrapper is not called for, this copy is encased in a mint robust red paper covered slipcase. 6+ quotes from The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh Categories Quotes from The Loved One Evelyn Waugh 127 pages Rating: (8.8K votes) Get the book Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in orange cloth covered boards with a red flaming heart design and bright gilt titling to the spine. Set against a background of embalming-rooms and crematoria and the unforgettable Whispering Glades Memorial Park, 'The Loved One' is as ludicrous ad 'Decline and Fall', and underneath the laughs, as moving as death itself. Imagine 10 weeks spent with Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs.