…saw a number of British ex-pats in Los Angles writing novels about their experiences. Isherwood's novel is another classic of the genre although the best of the lot, in my opinion, is Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One (just skip the atrocious movie of the same title which was so bad, Waugh stipulated that Hollywood would never again get to film his work).
Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One covers the same ground but is much funnier. Especially amusing is Waugh's invention of the "Happier Hunting Ground annual postcard service" for dearly departed pets that predicts features discussed for…
……见证了一帮身处洛杉矶的英国侨民把自己的经历写成小说。伊舍伍德（Isherwood）的小说是该流派的另一部经典，不过依我看，其中最棒的当属伊夫林·沃（Evelyn Waugh）的《The Loved One》（至于同名电影就直接跳过吧，烂到极致，沃甚至立下规矩绝不再允许好莱坞改编他的作品）。
…saw a number of British ex-pats in Los Angles writing novels about their experiences. Isherwood's novel is another classic of the genre although the best of the lot, in my opinion, is Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One (just skip the atrocious movie of the same title which was so bad, Waugh stipulated that Hollywood would never again get to film his work).
伊夫林·沃的《The Loved One》讲的也是同一套题材，但要搞笑得多。尤其耐人寻味的是，沃虚构了给往生宠物寄送的“快乐猎场年度明信片服务”，神预言了后来讨论的……
Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One covers the same ground but is much funnier. Especially amusing is Waugh's invention of the "Happier Hunting Ground annual postcard service" for dearly departed pets that predicts features discussed for…
但他的心路历程其实并不符合那个模式。《The Loved One》这部极具反叛色彩的讽刺小说是在《重返布莱兹海德庄园》之后写的。
His journey doesn’t really follow that pattern though. The Loved One, a deeply iconoclastic satirical novel came after Brideshead.