Lawrence Durrell

The prize-winning biography of the celebrated author of the Alexandria Quartet and the Avignon Quintet: an “e legant and meticulous . . . treat” ( Kirkus Reviews ). A New York Times Notable Book Born in colonial India in 1912, Lawrence Durrell established his literary reputation as a citizen of the Mediterranean. After attending school in England, Durrell escaped the country he dubbed “Pudding Island” for the Greek island of Corfu, only to make another escape—this time from Nazi invasion—to Egyp