Mountolive
By: Lawrence Durrell.
Contributors: Durrell, Lawrence.
Series: A Dutton paperback -- D82.
Publisher: Dutton; E. P. Dutton
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Other titles: The Alexandria quartet.
Description: The characters are given a very differrent perspective. The intrigues and complex relationships are seen through the political prism of a world plunging towards a second world war. Mountolive returns to Egypy as the British ambassador.
Notes: This is the third volume of a group of novels intended to be judged as a single work. It is the sequel to Justine; and Bathazar; and is followed by Clea. Together the four novels constitute the "Alexandria quartet".