{"product_id":"a-handful-of-dust-evelyn-waugh-paperback","title":"A Handful of Dust -- Evelyn Waugh, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, this absolutely delightful novel (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) movingly and comically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after World War I. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evelyn Waugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316216265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvelyn Waugh (1903-1966), whom \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e called \"one of the century's great masters of English prose,\" wrote several widely acclaimed novels as well as volumes of biography, memoir, travel writing, and journalism. Three of his novels, \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Dust, Scoop, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Brideshead Revisited, \u003c\/i\u003e were selected by the Modern Library as among the 100 best novels of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evelyn Waugh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67394589622500,"sku":"9780316216265","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780316216265.jpg?v=1790582232","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/a-handful-of-dust-evelyn-waugh-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}