First published in Paris in 1938, Durrell's third novel is the story, told from the inside, of the lives and loves of a group of struggling writers and artists in a seedly London hotel.. Controversial at the time because of its sexual frankness, the book was finally published in its complete form on
The Black Book
โ Scribed by Ian Rankin
- Publisher
- Orion
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 354 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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