A Handful of Dust
Author(s): Evelyn Waugh
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.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Classics
- : 01 May 2011
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 June 2011
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Evelyn Waugh
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 823.912
- : 320
More About The Product
One of the twentieth century's most chilling and bitter novels; and one of its best - Nicholas Lezard Guardian This is a masterpiece of stylish satire, and is funny too ... a marvellous book - Irish Times Irish Times
Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903. His first novel, Decline and Fall, was published in 1928 and it was soon followed by: Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). He travelled extensively, served in the Royal Marines and the Royal Horse Guards and continued to write, winning many prestigious literary awards. Brideshead Revisited was first published in 1945. Evelyn Waugh died in 1966.
