A handful of dust
Series: New classics series; New classics series
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 1945
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Aristocracy (Social class); Fiction
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.
Table of contents: title: Du côté de chez Beaver; title: English gothic-I; title: Hard cheese on Tony; title: English gothic-II; title: In search of a city; title: Du côté de chez Todd; title: English gothic-III.