Handful of Dust
«“A vicious, witty novel.” —New York Times
“Waugh’s technique is relentless and razor-edged…By any standard it is super satire.” —Chicago Daily News
“The most mature and the best written novel that Mr. Waugh has yet produced.” —New Statesman & Nation
“A story both tragic and hilariously funny, that seems to move along without aid from its author…Unquestionably the best book Mr. Waugh has written.” —Saturday Review »
'A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .'
Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony's pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite.
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Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony's pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite. Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness. Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the wreckless times in which they live . . .
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780241970553
- Utgivelsesår
- 2014
- Format
- 18 x 11 cm
Anmeldelser
«“A vicious, witty novel.” —New York Times
“Waugh’s technique is relentless and razor-edged…By any standard it is super satire.” —Chicago Daily News
“The most mature and the best written novel that Mr. Waugh has yet produced.” —New Statesman & Nation
“A story both tragic and hilariously funny, that seems to move along without aid from its author…Unquestionably the best book Mr. Waugh has written.” —Saturday Review »