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''A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .''

Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony''s pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite. Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness. Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the wreckless times in which they live . . .



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“A vicious, witty novel.” —New York Times

“Waugh’s technique is relentless and razor-edged…By any standard it is super satire.” —Chicago Daily News

“The most mature and the best written novel that Mr. Waugh has yet produced.” —New Statesman & Nation

“A story both tragic and hilariously funny, that seems to move along without aid from its author…Unquestionably the best book Mr. Waugh has written.” —Saturday Review

A Handful of Dust

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    A Paperback by Evelyn Waugh

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 8/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780241970553
      978-0241970553
      ISBN-10 0241970555
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      Contemporary Fiction Romance Books by Evelyn Waugh

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .''

      Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony''s pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite. Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness. Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the wreckless times in which they live . . .



      Trade Review
      “A vicious, witty novel.” —New York Times

      “Waugh’s technique is relentless and razor-edged…By any standard it is super satire.” —Chicago Daily News

      “The most mature and the best written novel that Mr. Waugh has yet produced.” —New Statesman & Nation

      “A story both tragic and hilariously funny, that seems to move along without aid from its author…Unquestionably the best book Mr. Waugh has written.” —Saturday Review

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