Clea: Lawrence Durrell

Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt in Durrell`s epic modern classic, introduced by bestselling author Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love).

An expat schoolteacher has spent years in exile reflecting on his turmoiled love affair with Justine, a glamorous Egyptian wife. Returning to wartime Alexandria, he finds that his old friends have suffered dramatic changes of body, mind, and fortune - and someone whom he has never really known wishes to see him. His affair with Clea, a bisexual artist, not only changes the lovers, but transforms the dead, forever - and heralds a new beginning, just as Lawrence Durrell`s intoxicating masterpiece ends.