A Handful of Dust

Author(s): Waugh, Evelyn
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 14/08/2014,
Pagination: 320 pages,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241970553,
Description:

'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. 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 . . .