In Black Mischief (1932) "Cruttwell" is a social parasite, and he becomes a dubious "bone-setter" in A Handful of Dust (1934).
The novel is set during the first year of the Second World War, and follows the wartime activities of characters introduced in Waugh's earlier satirical novels Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies and Black Mischief.
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Murray would later provide Waugh with the model and first name for his anti-hero Basil Seal, star of the novels Black Mischief and Put Out More Flags.