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The Loved One is a book about British expatriate attitudes and experiences in 1940s Hollywood. Francis Hinsley is a script-writer in decline. Francis Hinsley is a script-writer in decline. After he loses his office at Megalopolitan Pictures and suffers bureaucratic humiliation, Hinsley commits suicide.
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The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (1948) 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.
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Dec 11, 2012 · The “Loved One” depiction of the Southern California death business might have been sensational when the novel was originally published in 1948. But the topic has been presented many times since then with greater irony and humor.
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Overview. Published in 1948, The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy by English writer Evelyn Waugh is a short satirical novel that lampoons both the Los Angeles funeral industry and the Hollywood film business. British expatriates and Americans clash in this morbid but merry tale of smiling corpses and lavish pet funerals.
Dec 11, 2012 · Kindle Edition. "A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done" (New Yorker), The Loved One is Evelyn Waugh's cutting satire of 1940s California and the Anglo-American cultural divide. Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood ...
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This novel, penned by one of the most acclaimed British authors of the 20th century, delves into the satirical and somewhat morbid aspects of American society, specifically focusing on the Los Angeles funeral industry. Published in 1948, the book emerged in the post-World War II era, a time ripe for Waugh’s sharp wit and critical eye.
Nov 30, 1977 · The “Loved One” depiction of the Southern California death business might have been sensational when the novel was originally published in 1948. But the topic has been presented many times since then with greater irony and humor.
- Paperback
- Evelyn Waugh
