The Black Book

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453261507

<DIV><DIV><b>&ldquo;The first piece of work by a new English writer to give me any hope for the future of prose fiction.&rdquo; &mdash;T. S. Eliot</b></div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV><BR></div><DIV>As over-the-top as it is inventive, Durrell&rsquo;s breakthrough novel is a series of sordid vignettes drawn from the lives of decadent artists, doomed bohemians, and continental rascals inhabiting a shabby London hotel, narrated in turns by the unforgettable Lawrence Lucifer and Gregory Death. Together, these characters seek to escape the absurdity of a Europe haunted by devastating war, yet beginning to pitch toward another apocalypse. </div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>First published in 1938, and influenced by Henry Miller and the sincere pranksterism of the surrealist movement, <i>The Black Book</i> marks the emergence of one of the most revolutionary voices in twentieth-century English literature.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>This ebook contains a new introduction by DBC Pierre. </div><BR></div>