Evelyn Waugh 28,244 ratings
1,877 reviews
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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FictionClassicsLiteratureNovelsBritish Literature20th CenturyHumorHistorical FictionSatireLiterary Fiction
308 Pages