A Handful of Dust
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:27th Oct '22
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
ISBN: 9780241585276
Dimensions: 197mm x 127mm x 32mm
Weight: 351g
336 pages