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Handful of Dust, A
 

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Fiction (General)
Humour & Satire

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1 1934-00-00 Back Bay Books  

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A HANDFUL OF DUST satirizes that stratum of English life where all the characters have money, 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 enamored of a social parasite and professional lunch-goer. The depravity and polished savagery of these characters offer an opportunity for Waugh"s rapier wit and subtly to "show us fear in a handful of dust."
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