A Handful of Dust

'A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .'Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony's pride and joy.

Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite.

Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness.

Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the wreckless times in which they live . . .