Waugh, Evelyn A Handful of Dust ISBN 13: 9780316926058

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Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life where all the characters have money, but lack practically every other credential. Murderously urbane, it depicts the breakup of a marriage in the London gentry, where the errant wife suffers from terminal boredom, and becomes enamoured of a social parasite and professional luncheon-goer.

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"A vicious, witty novel." --"New York Times ""Waugh's technique is relentless and razor-edged...By any standard it is super satire." --"Chicago Daily News""The most mature and the best written novel that Mr. Waugh has yet produced." --"New Statesman & Nation ""A story both tragic and hilariously funny, that seems to move along without aid from its author...Unquestionably the best book Mr. Waugh has written." --"Saturday Review "
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'A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .'

Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony's pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite. Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness. Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the reckless times in which they live . . .

'One of the 20th century's most chilling and bitter novels; and one of its best' Guardian

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  • PublisherBack Bay Books
  • Publication date1988
  • ISBN 10 0316926051
  • ISBN 13 9780316926058
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