A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryrealisticsimplelinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipself destruction/implosioninjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA glossy novel that is grounded, stirring and morally murky. Best if you like polish over grit.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.6 / 5
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About This Book
Tony Last is an aristocrat whose attachment to an ideal feudal past is so profound that he is blind to his wife Brenda's boredom with the stately rhythms of country life. She sets herself up in a London flat and pursues an affair with the social-climbing idler John Beaver. Tragedy forces the collapse of their relationship to accelerate, and Tony seeks solace in a foolhardy search for El Dorado.
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- Author
- Evelyn Waugh
- Published
- 1934
- Pages
- 265
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- Open Library
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