A Handful of Dust (Everyman's Library) - Hardcover

Waugh, Evelyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375414207 ISBN 13: 9780375414206

Publisher: Everymans Library, 2002

Synopsis

A satire of decadence among the English upper class depicts the breakup of a marriage among London's gentry, following the changing relationship between Tony Last, who is obsessed with his Victorian gothic country estate, and his wife, Lady Brenda, who, bored with her husband, embarks on an affair with an ambitious social climber.

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Review:

"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 "

From the Back Cover:

'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

About this edition

• Publisher: Everymans Library
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375414207
• ISBN 13: 9780375414206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 225