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.
language: English
title: A Handful of Dust
titlecomplete: A Handful of Dust
characters: Mister Todd, Doctor Messinger, Missis Beaver, John Beaver, Brenda Last, Polly Cockpurse, Tony Last, John Grant-Menzies
genres: Literary Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Humor, Modern Classics, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, British Literature, Novels, Classics
ratings_count: 25809
places: England
publisher: Chivers Audio Books