What genre do the Lawrence Durrell books belong to?”
Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. It has been posthumously suggested that Durrell never had British citizenship,[1] though more accurately, he became defined as a non-patrial in 1968 due to the amendment to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962. Hence, he was denied the right to enter or settle in Britain under new laws and had to apply for a visa for each entry. His most famous work is the tetralogy The Alexandria Quartet. In the same year, Durrell’s first novel, Pied Piper of Lovers, was published by Cassell. Around this time, he chanced upon a copy of Henry Miller’s 1934 novel Tropic of Cancer, and wrote to Miller, expressing intense admiration for his novel. Durrell’s letter sparked an enduring friendship and mutually-critical relationship that spanned 45 years. The two got on well, as they were
