{"product_id":"the-loved-one-evelyn-waugh-9780316216470","title":"The Loved One","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Loved One\u003c\/i\u003e is Evelyn Waugh's cutting satire of 1940s California and the Anglo-American cultural divide. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 Aim馥 Thanatogenos, a na?e Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer's art. Waugh's dark and savage satire depicts a world where reputation, love, and death cost a very great deal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evelyn Waugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031621647X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316216470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Evelyn Waugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043909103871,"sku":"9780316216470","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e578a442-b6d2-4a32-8793-73028f485cbc.jpg?v=1684969824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-loved-one-evelyn-waugh-9780316216470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}