
A Handful of Dust
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Narrated by:
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Andrew Sachs
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By:
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Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh's 1934 novel is a bitingly funny vision of aristocratic decadence in England between the wars. It tells the story of Tony Last, who, to the irritation of his wife, is inordinately obsessed with his Victorian Gothic country house and life. When Lady Brenda Last embarks on an affair with the worthless John Beaver out of boredom with her husband, she sets in motion a sequence of tragicomic disasters that reveal Waugh at his most scathing.
The action is set in the brittle social world recognizable from Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies, darkened and deepened by Waugh's own experience of sexual betrayal. As Tony is driven by the urbane savagery of this world to seek solace in the wilds of the Brazilian jungle, A Handful of Dust demonstrates the incomparably brilliant and wicked wit of one of the 20th century's most accomplished novelists.
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Bitingly Engaging!
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Many (if not most) readers may not appreciate this book. It starts unbelievably slowly, then becomes a subtly dark, subtly satirical, subtly futile, subtly sad story. Notice there is a lot of subtly in there.
This is not an overtly funny book, but I laughed out loud a number of times, but these were dark, almost guilt inducing, laughs (the “why did I laugh at that, that’s not funny” kind of laugh). The humor is highly contextual, elusive, and mixed with futility and disillusionment.
I ended up liking this book quite a bit, but it is not something I would read again soon. The narration is really completely OK but not outstanding in any way and some of the voices are too characterized for my taste.
Slow Start then Subtle
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Interesting story
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A beautiful novel.
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The Consequences of Escaping Ennui
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A handful of dust
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Wonderful and sad at the same time
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What would my summers be without the intelligent froth provided by Waugh and Nancy Mitford? Waugh is deeper, of course, but I love both. This is a very good satire. Wow, Waugh is damningly critical of British society.What about Andrew Sachs’s performance did you like?
Is this the same man who read Waugh's Decline and Fall? He does a very good job.Hurrah for Waugh and Mitford
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Excellent Narration
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Saterical treatment of human decadence
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