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"A work of art as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done" (New Yorker), The Loved One is Evelyn Waugh's cutting satire of 1940s California and the Anglo-American cultural divide.
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"Good way to keep my head in Scripture daily by reading portions of the Psalms. They also included inspiration from personal stories of people's faith that push you closer to Jesus. Looking for a good replacement book as a daily devotional."
— Shanda (4 out of 5 stars)
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“A fiendishly entertaining book…Mr. Waugh has never written more brilliantly.”
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“The industry provides a perfect foil for Waugh's deadpan wit—and an apt metaphor for the movie business.”
— Amazon.com, editorial review -
Fiendishly entertaining.
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As a piece of writing it is nearly faultless; as satire it is an act of devastation.
— John Woodburn, The New Republic -
You'd better buy The Loved One, because I can't imagine a purchase apt to corrupt and delight you more...Never before that I can remember has a talent of such austere and classic design been applie to such monstrous vulgarities; never before have the majestic themes of love and death been so delicately perverted to absurdity....It is certainly a work of art, as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done.
— Wolcott Gibbs, The New Yorker -
Although the locale of The Loved One is Hollywood, it is not filmdom that Mr. Waugh takes in hand, but the American ethos....He finds a touchstone for the mass-mind of America, for the compulsion to 'package' everything, even love and death....Mr. Waugh's treatment of his macabre material is uninhibited, and wickedly funny...as sadistic, playful, and decisive as a cat's paw on a mouse.
— Alice S. Morris, New York Times Book Review
The Loved One Listener Reviews
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" This book brought the Psalms to life for me. It has helped give me a deeper understanding of one of my favorite books of the Bible. "
— Evelyn, 11/29/2013 -
" This is such a great book. I have given so many as gifts and everybody loves it. "
— Gigi, 4/7/2013 -
" I love this book and keep it by my bedside at all times. I have read it over and over and have turned to it in my deepest and darkest hours. "
— Dee, 3/13/2013
About Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) was born October 28, 1903 in London, England. After short periods as an art student and schoolmaster, he devoted himself to travel and to the writing of novels. His novels are unusually highly wrought and precisely written. Those written before 1939 may be described as satirical. During World War II his writing took a more serious and ambitious turn. Waugh also wrote travel books.
About Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble, a British-born performer, is a stage and television actor and veteran narrator of some three hundred audiobooks. As one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices, he has received thirty-seven Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie in 2010. He lives in New York.