Review: A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

20 Books of Summer 2015: Book 3
As a straightforward story, Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust is bizarre and implausible. As satire, it’s biting, hilarious, and sad. I never know what to term ‘character development’ in such books because they’re less about creating real people than lampooning a certain class. read more