Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell, best known as the author of the acclaimedAlexandria  Quartet, is often considered to be one of the most significant  writers of the 20th century. A friend and confidante ofHenry  MillerandAnais Nin, he  was reputed to live on the edge while pursuing his career as a British  diplomat. In this biography, Gordon Bowker, the author ofPursued by Furies: A life  of Malcom Lowry, reveals Durrell to be a complex man beset at  times by incredibly painful circumstances that he was somehow able to  transmute into his fiction. Indeed, at times the writer's life, with four  marriages, many affairs, some unusual sexual obsessions, and  experiences living and traveling in unusual locations, almost reads like  exotic fiction.