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Book at Bedtime: A Handful of Dust

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1/10. Evelyn Waugh's portrait of a society marriage brought low by a tawdry affair. The beautiful Lady Brenda Last seems content in her hideous country house, but the arrival of an uninvited guest is about to undermine her certainties. Oliver Milburn reads one of Waugh's wittiest and most devastating novels. Abridged by Sally Marmion. Producer Di Speirs
RT DIRECT: A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh, is available for only £7.99 including p&p. To order send a cheque, payable to RT Direct Book Offers, to: RT Direct, [address removed]. Or call [number removed] (land-line calls cost no more than 8p per minute) quoting RT, or visit [web address removed]. UK delivery only

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Unknown:
Brenda Last
Unknown:
Oliver Milburn
Abridged By:
Sally Marmion.
Producer:
Di Speirs
Unknown:
Evelyn Waugh
Source: Radio Times

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