《洛夫迪先生一次短暂的外出》出自现代英国著名讽刺作家伊夫林·沃(Evelyn Waugh,1903—1966)之手。情节比较简单。主人公洛夫迪是个疯子,他年轻时掐死一个素不相识的少妇,进了精神病院,从此一呆就是三十五年。在近二十年来,他的表现像正常人一样;一位名叫安吉拉的上层社会的小姐在一次探望父亲穆平勋爵 “Mr. Lovdi’s short outing” comes from the hand of Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), a famous modern British satirical writer. The plot is relatively simple. Lover is the protagonist is a madman, when he was young strangled a strange young woman, into a mental hospital, from a stay is thirty-five years. For nearly two decades, he has behaved like a normal person; a lady of the upper class named Angela visited his father, Lord Muppin