The Black Book

Lawrence Durrell

Original title: The black book

earliest edition we have, 1960 Faber & Faber, Limited, 2012 256 pages

A Dutton paperback

The setting is a moldering residential hotel in London which shelters a group of strange, impassioned people--sensualists, idealists, self-searchers, sex-seekers. They are seen through the eyes of Lawrence Lucifer, the young narrator who has moved into the hotel for the winter.

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Editions we hold

Black Book edition · 2021 · Faber & Faber, Limited · 9780571362424
Black Book edition · 2012 · Faber & Faber, Limited · 9780571288700
The Black Book ebook · 2012 · Open Road Media · 250 pages · 9781453266656
Black Book edition · 2012 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781306606080
Black Book edition · 2012 · Faber & Faber, Limited · 256 pages · 9780571283941
The Black Book ebook · 2012 · Open Road Media · 250 pages · 9781453266649
The Black Book ebook · 2012 · Open Road Media · 250 pages · 9781453261507
The Black Book paperback · 2006 · Olympiapress.com · 212 pages · 9781596542853
The Black Book paperback · 1990 · Carroll & Graf Pub · 9780881846003
El libro negro hardcover · 1987 · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · 312 pages · 9788435007818
The black book edition · 1977 · Faber · 244 pages
The black book edition · 1973 · Faber · 244 pages

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