wealhtheow 's review for:

A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

1.0

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Waugh once again turns his piercing eye toward high society...and once again creates a thouroughly unlikeable novel. Every single character is either completely cruel and selfish or an absolute idiot; both types are utterly unrealistically written. After Waugh killed off a small child just to demonstrate Brenda's unfeeling nature, I lost all patience with the book. Waugh mistakes unmitigated vitriol for a discerning eye, and lacks empathy for any of his characters.