A Handful of Dust

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.>

Product details

• Authors: Evelyn Waugh
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9780241585276
• ISBN: 978-0-241-58527-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, FICTION / Literary, Brazil, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, c 1930 to c 1939, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Biographical fiction, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, Satirical style / satire, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages