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A Handful of Dust

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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 308
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-316-92605-8
  • EAN
  • 9780316926058
  • Characters
  • Tony Last, Brenda Last, John Beaver
  • Settings
  • England
  • Genres
  • fiction, classics, literature, novels, humor
  • Release date
  • 1977