Lawrence Durrell
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Lawrence George Durrell (/ˈdʊərəl, ˈdʌr-/; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer.
His most famous work is the tetralogy The Alexandria Quartet, particularly the first of the quartet's four novels, Justine.