Balthazar
by Lawrence Durrell
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Durrell's monumental four-novel exploration of love, character, friendship, and death includes JUSTINE, CLEA, BALTHAZAR, and MOUNTOLIVE. Published between 1957 and 1960, the quartet, which follows the romantic and political fortunes of a group of friends in Egypt, was an international success, and marked Durrell as an important writer.
Editions of Balthazar
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 2000 |
Price $7.99 |
 New |
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Pocket Books |
Date 1982 |
Price $1.99 |
Good |
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Binding/Format Compact Disc |
Publisher Naxos Audio Books |
Date 1995 |
Price None Available |
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Penguin Group USA |
Date 1991 |
Price $1.00 |
Used, Very Good |
Publisher Notes
In sessions with Balthazar, his psychiatrist, an exiled Irish schoolteacher tries to come to terms with his obsessive relationships with Melissa, a cafe dancer, and Justine, the Jewish wife of a wealthy Coptic Christian.
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"The most discussed and widely admired serious fiction of our time."
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