Tony Last loves his home, his wife, and his son and is very satisfied with their life on the gothic designed estate of Hetton. Elliot’s The Wasteland, “I will show you fear in a handful of dust.” Evelyn Waugh writes dialogue in a way that is easy to read, and the story’s pace and tone is light as it mocks the collapsing of the world of Tony Dust, and by extension many others who saw their way of life under threat by the changing cultural winds that occurred between the two World Wars in England. Time’s list is alphabetical, so I decided to read through in a random order, and I plan to write a short reflection on each novel.Ī Handful of Dust takes its title from the ominous words of T.S. For me this is an attempt to broaden my exposure to authors I may not encounter otherwise, especially as a person who was not a liberal arts major in college. This is a series of reflections reading through Time Magazine’s top 100 novels as selected by Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo published since 1923 (when Time magazine was founded). Book 40: A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
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