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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 wealth, 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 Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- A Handful of Dust
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Evelyn Waugh
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 308
- ISBN10
- 0316926051
- ISBN13
- 9780316926058
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Travel, Humor, Classics, 20th century, British Literature, Society, England, Great Britain, Marriage, London, Satire, Breakup, separation, Divorce, Countryside, Son
- Original title
- A handful of dust
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life where all the characters have wealth, 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.