Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future
- Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future
"Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future" is a novel by Evelyn Waugh which was first published in 1953 [cite web | title=Google books entry | last= | first= | work=books.google.com | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=odgOl06HasQC&pg=PR36&lpg=PR36&dq=love+among+the+ruins+a+romance+of+the+near+future&source=web&ots=VwH23nIV-u&sig=Zu50eDWX2_sc5aG-q7A99dzNmWA | date= | accessdate=2008-03-05 ] .
Love among the ruins is a a satire set in a dystopian quasi-egalitarian Britain. 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 at 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 center. The centers 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 bearded woman who is a "priority case" at the center. Learning that she does not wish to die, Plastic arranges Clara's escape from the center, and the two begin a romance. One day, however, she suddenly disappears, returning with a rubber jaw replacing her formally bearded face. Distraught, Plastic sets his house on fire, killing himself in the process.
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