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The Alexandria Quartet : Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea

by Lawrence Durrell

Set in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during the Second World War, this tetralogy examines a shared set of events through shifting perspectives. The first three novels overlap in time, while the final volume concludes the narrative six years later.

Accession 29269 ISBN 0571052045 Publisher Faber and Faber
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