Esprit de Corps |
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| Author:
| Durrell, Lawrence |
| ISBN: | 978-1-322-36591-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $11.65 |
Book Description:
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The author of "Bitter Lemons" and the acclaimed novel "Justine" wrote a number of short sketches as a light-hearted "jeu d'esprit" which have been gathered together under the title "Esprit de Corps." Here are entertainment and relaxation pure and simple. Except that there's a point where laughter can become painful . . .
'Whatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, with its protocol and formalities and a field for...
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The author of "Bitter Lemons" and the acclaimed novel "Justine" wrote a number of short sketches as a light-hearted "jeu d'esprit" which have been gathered together under the title "Esprit de Corps." Here are entertainment and relaxation pure and simple. Except that there's a point where laughter can become painful . . .
'Whatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, with its protocol and formalities and a field for humour which I have never seen better used than in these stories.' John Betjeman, " Daily Telegraph"
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'Uproariously funny and shrewd . . . with the arrows of farce and of satire, he is on the target again and again.' John Connell, "Evening Standard"