A Handful of Dust Sarah Crouch The matter consumes her until

The matter consumes her until later that night

Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives

where cars drive themselves

bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past

the legendary bandido El Tragabalas

A Handful of Dust Sarah Crouch The matter consumes her untilcomically chronicles the breakdown of a marriage and the disintegration of English society in the years after World War I. After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. In a novel that combines tragedy, comedy, and savage