{"product_id":"the-loved-one-1993-folio-society-845","title":"The Loved One (1993)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Loved One; An Anglo-American Tragedy by Evelyn Waugh, introduction by Alan Coren, 8 colour lithographs by Beryl Cook. Full orange cloth with a flaming heart design in red, pink printed endleaves. Dark red slipcase. 28 x 18.5 cm. 108 pp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Waugh's The Loved One is a darkly comic satire set in Los Angeles, focusing on the elaborate American funeral industry. The story follows Dennis Barlow, an Englishman who becomes involved with Aimee Thanatogenos, an employee at the luxurious Whispering Glades cemetery. Through their relationship and the bizarre world surrounding them, Waugh mocks commercialised grief, sentimentality and the artificiality of modern culture. An Englishman becomes involved with the extravagant American funeral industry and a young woman whose life is shaped by its bizarre conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216466854227,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421142466899,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/the-loved-one-1993-folio-society-845","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}