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Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.

The loved one : an Anglo-American tragedy / Evelyn Waugh. - Boston : Back Bay Books, 1999. - 164 p. : port. ; 20 cm.

"Depicting romance in a mortuary could be gruesome but the author succeeds both in poking satirical fun at the maudlin pretentiousness of the funeral industry and in delighting the reader with a hilarious love story." Shapiro. Fic for Youth. 3d ed. *** "Mr. Joyboy, an embalmer, and Aimee Thanatogenos, crematorium cosmetician, find their romance complicated by the appearance of a young English poet."

ISBN: 0316926086 (pbk.) 9780316926089 (pbk.)

LCCN: 00269839

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion picture industry--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Satire.

LC Class. No.: PR6045.A97 / L68 1999b

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.912