Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future
Author | Evelyn Waugh |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Chapman & Hall |
Publication date | 1953 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future is a 1953 novel by Evelyn Waugh.[1] It is a satire set in a dystopian, quasi-egalitarian Britain.
Plot
The protagonist, Miles Plastic, is an orphan who, at the beginning of the story, is finishing a prison term for arson. Crime is treated very leniently by the state, and conditions in prison are actually quite superior to those among the population at large, leading to an understandably high recidivism rate. Upon release, Plastic goes to work at a state-run euthanasia centre. The centres are not restricted to the terminally ill and are so popular that Plastic's sole responsibility is to stem "the too eager rush" of perfectly healthy but "welfare weary" citizens.
Plastic soon falls in love with Clara, a
References
- ISBN 9780810849129. Retrieved 5 March 2008.