DURRELL, Lawrence.

Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness.

First Edition of Lawrence Durrell's Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness; Signed by Him

London: Faber and Faber, 1974.

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First edition of this novel by the author of the Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Lawrence Durrell 1974." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by David Gentleman.

Monsieur is the first volume in Lawrence Durrell's The Avignon Quintet and is based on a metafictional narrative in five major sections, each with a competing narrator. It was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1974.