description: 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.
language: English
title: A Handful of Dust
titlecomplete: A Handful of Dust
characters: Brenda Last, John Beaver, John Grant-Menzies, Polly Cockpurse, Missis Beaver, Doctor Messinger, Mister Todd, Tony Last
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 25806
places: England
publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd