MOUNT OLIVE (Mount Olive)
by Lawrence Durrell
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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.
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Fiction, Diplomats, Alexandria Quartet, NOVELA, English fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Egypt, fiction, Drawing, Exhibitions, Diplomáticos, Ficción, English literaturePlaces
Alexandria (Egypt), Egypt, Alexandria, Alejandría, Alejandría (Egipto), EgiptoTimes
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"As a junior of exceptional promise, he had been sent to Egypt for a year in order to improve his Arabic and found himself attached to the High Commission as a sort of scribe to await his first diplomatic posting; but he was already conducting himself as a young secretary of legation, fully aware of the responsibilities of future office."
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