Balthazar

Name: Balthazar
Author: Lawrence Durrell

by Lawrence Durrell

Second Alexandria Quartet novel told from male perspective in Alexandria

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Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence Durrell was a British novelist, poet, and travel writer best known for The Alexandria Quartet, a tetralogy of novels set in Alexandria, Egypt, that is celebrated for its experimental structure and lyrical prose. He was a close friend of Henry Miller and is considered one of the most gifted stylists in modern English literature.

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