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A Handful of Dust
- Author
- Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator
- Andrew Sachs
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 5 November 2015
- Run Time
- 6 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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Critics Review
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A vicious, witty novel
New York Times
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Waugh's technique is relentless and razor-edged...By any standard it is super satire.
Chicago Daily News
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The most mature and the best written novel that Mr. Waugh has yet produced.
New Statesmen & Nation
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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
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
A classic read well.
cbroster 2025-01-31
Details
- Author
- Evelyn Waugh
- Narrator
- Andrew Sachs
- Duration
- 6 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 November 2015
- ISBN
- 9781405534192
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown 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. In a novel that combines tragedy, comedy, and savage irony, Evelyn Waugh indelibly captures the irresponsible mood of the "crazy and sterile generation" between the wars.
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