Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea; Being the Alexandria Quartet. -
Lawrence Durrell
1957 - Faber and Faber, London - First Editions
A finely bound set of first editions, housed in a bespoke slipcase.
'One of the most important works of our time.' - New York Times Book Review. The Alexandria Quartet is is considered to be Lawrence Durrell's crowning literary achievement and his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and brilliant evocation of wartime Egypt, with the first three works presenting three diverging perspectives on the same set of events while the fourth acts as a coda. In this world of corrupt glamour, L. G. Darley attempts to reconcile himself to the end of his affair with the dark, passionate Justine Hosnani - setting alight a beguiling exploration of sexual and political intrigue that Durrell himself described as 'an investigation of modern love'. 'A formidable, glittering achievement.' - Times Literary Supplement.  More Details
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