
A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh
Title:
A Handful of Dust
Author:
Evelyn Waugh
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
336 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780241585276
EAN:
9780241585276
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
468
Dimensions (mm):
128 x 197 x 34
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
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. Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, A Handful of Dust captures the irresponsible mood of the 'crazy and sterile generation' between the wars. This breakdown of the Last marriage is a painful, comic re-working of Waugh's own divorce, and a symbol of the breakdown of society.




















