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About This Novel
The death of a friend introduces Dennis Barlow - Englishman, poet, pet mortician - to a world he has longed for: Whispering Woods Cemetery. Behind the golden cemetery gate is a Hollywood-style man-made paradise. American death is sold here like a vacation package. It was here that Dennis met his "great love": Amy, the funeral beautician who whispered in the forest, an American girl with an empty mind and poor knowledge, but spiritually yearning for beauty and poetry. The cunning British man cleverly exploited both weaknesses at the same time, preparing to capture the innocent American girl in one fell swoop. At the same time, an American man - the chief embalmer of Whispering in the Woods - is also expressing his love for Amy in his very unique (or weird) way, and is ready to take action. But the ending is beyond everyone's expectation... Comedy and tragedy, banter and heaviness, idealism and nihility are perfectly combined in this work, which can be called the ultimate in black humor. However, whether it is laughter or tears, they are two sides of the same world - a world of consumerism that reduces art and ideas to commodities. In this system where everything is clearly priced, reputation, love and death are extremely expensive.
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