A Handful of Dust

"always makes me squirm and hope I'm not deluding myself like Tony Last. It's a scathing book that takes down the pretensions of class and empire as it entertains with quick brilliant scenes."

"A Handful of Dust, by Evelyn Waugh, was a real game-changer for me. I read it for the first time when I was 12 and remember feeling like certain aspects of life suddenly clicked into place. It was my first encounter with irony, social satire and dark humor in literature."