The Loved One (1000 Books to Read)

This is a fun and easy read. I agree with everything Mustich says below! I do have to say that the ending is creepy, or, as Mustich says, "Macabre." 

Here is why James Mustich thinks it should be one of the 1000 Books You Read Before You Die:

Waugh’s comic novels are generally distinguished by their combination of hilarity and craftsmanship: They are savagely funny, impeccably well written, and flawlessly plotted. One of the best examples of his artistry is The Loved One, a perfect little macabre concoction that lampoons what was once famously called “the American way of death.” Waugh’s black comedy received a notable rave from Wolcott Gibbs, who wrote in The New Yorker, “Never before that I can remember has a talent of such austere and classic design been applied to such monstrous vulgarities. . . . It is certainly a work of art, as rich and subtle and unnerving as anything its author has ever done.”