A Handful of Dust

5,00 

by Evelyn Waugh

Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, ‘A Handful of Dust’ captures the irresponsible mood of the ‘crazy and sterile generation’ between the wars. The breakdown of the Last marriage is a painful, comic re-working of Waugh’s own divorce, and a symbol of the disintegration of society.

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Description

After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set.

Additional information

Book Condition

Used – Good

Cover

Paperback

Size

Pocketbook, 221 pages

Published

January 1, 1953 by Penguin, first in 1934

Genre

Fiction, Classics, Humor

A Handful of Dust

5,00 

1 in stock