{"product_id":"2026600003110-secondhand-a-handful-of-dust","title":"A Handful Of Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: new ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Text - clean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA darkly comic masterpiece of twentieth-century British fiction, A Handful of Dust chronicles the collapse of Tony Last's seemingly idyllic life as his shallow, unfaithful wife Brenda dismantles their marriage in pursuit of a vapid London socialite. Waugh's satirical eye cuts mercilessly through the brittle veneer of the English upper class, illustrating how modernity, moral emptiness, and social convention conspire to destroy a man clinging to a romantic, outdated vision of civilization. The novel's tone shifts with devastating precision from biting comedy to genuine tragedy, culminating in one of literature's most memorably bleak and ironic endings. Waugh argues, without ever stating it plainly, that the world Tony cherishes — one of duty, tradition, and inherited beauty — has already crumbled, leaving its last defenders stranded in a wilderness of their own making.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792196907227,"sku":"2026600003110-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0a91fefc-9c6a-488c-a478-40a03d3538eb.png?v=1779273285","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600003110-secondhand-a-handful-of-dust","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}