The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy

by Evelyn Waugh

$250 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. vi , 164 pages. Waugh's brilliant satirical novel on the American funeral industry and Hollywood culture, contrasting British dignity with the absurd extravagance of American death customs. It is the basis for the 1965 film of the same name, directed by Tony Richardson.Waugh's inspiration

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