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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. 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141187464
eBay Product ID (ePID)90034228
Product Key Features
Book TitleA Handful of Dust
AuthorEvelyn Waugh
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2003
GenreRomance, Historical
Number of Pages224 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorEvelyn Waugh
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom