description: Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain 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 enamoured of a social parasite and professional luncheon-goer.
title: A Handful Of Dust
titlecomplete: A Handful Of Dust
characters: Mister Todd, Brenda Last, Doctor Messinger, John Beaver, Tony Last, John Grant-Menzies, Missis Beaver, Polly Cockpurse
genres: 20th Century, Modern Classics, Novels, Literature, Humor, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 25809
places: England
publisher: Books On Tape