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 . . .