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Mountolive

Durrell, Lawrence2021
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David Mountolive, a young English diplomat, has been obsessed with Egypt ever since a youthful love affair. Returning to Alexandria as British Ambassador just before World War Two, he unravels an intricate political and religious conspiracy - one that connects a web of wildly different characters, including an exiled schoolteacher and glamorous Egyptian couple. Mountolive gradually exposes the sinister underbelly of these tangled relationships, their deceptions and betrayals mirroring the explosive turmoil of the modern Middle East - and the result is Durrell's most cinematic masterpiece.
Main title:
Mountolive / Lawrence Durrell ; introduction by William Boyd.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780571356041 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
LC class:
PR6007.U76
Language:
English
BRN:
2734192
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