The Loved One

The Loved One

1948 • 144 pages

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The 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 memento mori.

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Didn't grab me. There were some funny moments, but it didn't live up to the standards of funnier Waugh novels

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