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SOME FABER PAPER COVERED EDITIONS
BY LAWRENCE DURRELL
The Alexandria Quartet Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
'If ever a work bore an instantly recognizable signature on every sentence, this is it. It is in fact a formidable, glittering achievement; and not the least remarkable thing about it is that in spite of the all-pervading spirit of Alexandria, it has too, a timelessness and placelessness peculiar to works that are big enough to make a world of their own.' The Times Literary Supplement 2\s
also published separately at 6s net each
The Dark Labyrinth
The Dark Labyrinth conveys its characters to Crete: it is a modern novel about modern people, but not without echoes of the Minos legend. 85
Esprit de Corps Sketches from Diplomatic Life lihistrated by V. H. Drummond
' My goodness it is funny. . . . Whatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, with its protocol and formalities and field for humour which I... Tovább

Fülszöveg

SOME FABER PAPER COVERED EDITIONS
BY LAWRENCE DURRELL
The Alexandria Quartet Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
'If ever a work bore an instantly recognizable signature on every sentence, this is it. It is in fact a formidable, glittering achievement; and not the least remarkable thing about it is that in spite of the all-pervading spirit of Alexandria, it has too, a timelessness and placelessness peculiar to works that are big enough to make a world of their own.' The Times Literary Supplement 2\s
also published separately at 6s net each
The Dark Labyrinth
The Dark Labyrinth conveys its characters to Crete: it is a modern novel about modern people, but not without echoes of the Minos legend. 85
Esprit de Corps Sketches from Diplomatic Life lihistrated by V. H. Drummond
' My goodness it is funny. . . . Whatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, with its protocol and formalities and field for humour which I have never seen better used than in these stories.' John Betjeman in the Daily Telegraph 5s
Stiff Upper Lip
Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures
' Mr Durrell's lyrical prose style, his wit and observation never desert him, no matter on what level he chooses to write. . . . This is a very funny book, of a funniness^thatris rare, because it manages to be both subtle and robust, both English and European.' The Times Literary Supplement
Sauve qui Peut
Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures
' further accounts of the manic adventures of the 'Dips' who first made their bow in Esprit de Corps, and continued their dotty witty way in Stiff Upper Lip Mr Durrell's own verbal firecrackers fizz and bang . . .' The Times Literary Supplement 6s
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