num_pages: 253
description: Someone once said that Alexandria was the great wine press of love. Only a city like Alexandria could have spawned a woman like Justine. Without it, she could never exist. Both were alive in the deathlessness of love. yet both had come to terms with the obscene and the corrupt. This is the story of a city with five races, scheming a thousand intrigues. The story of love between man and woman, between man and man, between man and himself.
language: English
title: Justine
titlecomplete: Justine
characters: Paul Capodistria, Percy Pursewarden, Gaston Pombal, S. Balthazar, L.G. Darley, Clea Montis, Nessim Hosnani, Josh Scobie, Melissa Artemis, Justine Hosnani
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Africa, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Egypt, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 8793
places:  , Egypt, Alexandria
series: Alexandria Quartet
awards: awardedAt: -347126400000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Faber And Faber Ltd.