The Loved One
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 7/28/2020
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 7/28/2020 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I've had this softcover on my keeper shelves for years, and I think it's time it went traveling.
Waugh's hilariously bitter riff on British vs. American customs (special focus on burial customs, as most of the action takes place in or around a funeral home, but he gets in a number of digs on other matters as well) begins with a warning to the squeamish - though modern audiences who are used to watching "Six Feet Under" or "C.S.I." may not consider this book terribly gruesome. Expatriate Englishman Dennis finds work, love, rivalry, and eventual - well, I won't spoil it. One might say the book has something for everyone... {wicked grin!}
There's a 1965 film adaptation featuring Jonathan Winters - it's amusing, but wanders a bit from the book's plot and tone. (See the TV Tropes page on the film and book for some entertaining tidbits.)
Waugh's hilariously bitter riff on British vs. American customs (special focus on burial customs, as most of the action takes place in or around a funeral home, but he gets in a number of digs on other matters as well) begins with a warning to the squeamish - though modern audiences who are used to watching "Six Feet Under" or "C.S.I." may not consider this book terribly gruesome. Expatriate Englishman Dennis finds work, love, rivalry, and eventual - well, I won't spoil it. One might say the book has something for everyone... {wicked grin!}
There's a 1965 film adaptation featuring Jonathan Winters - it's amusing, but wanders a bit from the book's plot and tone. (See the TV Tropes page on the film and book for some entertaining tidbits.)
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Massachusetts Ave. in Lunenburg, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, July 29, 2020
GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Massachusetts Ave. in Lunenburg, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (7/29/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library, Massachusetts Ave. in Lunenburg, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.I spotted this Little Free Library while driving by, and did a quick U-turn to leave this book there so I could get it on the hunting pages! Hope someone enjoys the book!
[See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2020 Movie challenge. ***
