A Handful of Dust
~ Evelyn Waugh, William Boyd
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A few people whose profile includes this book
Ayn201
~ 50-year-old woman in Decatur, GA
A Handful of Dust
“I love reading anything british, I am a true anglophile, but I really love Waugh because of his wit.”
The Known World
“One of the best books I have ever read regarding slavery”
brownrose
~ 48-year-old woman in New York, NY
A Handful of Dust
“Quintessential Waugh.”
The Sheltering Sky
“haunting.”
Undersolo
~ 39-year-old man in Montreal, Canada
A Handful of Dust
“A bigoted, sexist, racist, drunken, elitist Catholic convert... Man, I miss him! This was my first exposure to the wickedness of...”
Me Talk Pretty One Day
“He got me with this one! I have seen him read on Letterman (and his crazy sister is very entertaining on the same show), but...”
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A few comments on A Handful of Dust (2)
Feb 3, 2011, 1:58 AM
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damo, a 66-year-old man in Oxford
“Thanks for reminding me of this book. Some lit-crits try to cast Waugh's stories as something more than they are. They are exactly as written, witty, often wise, and true to human nature.”