Lawrence Durrell

Yes, the Alexandria Quartet was amazing. I read it this summer- all four books, in Budapest. It cut through me and then wrapped me in sweet smelling memory-gauze. Then, here in Freo, I stumbled in to Elizabeth's Second Hand bookshop on South Terrace to reward myself for an essay or something like that and I found a book of his poems. Boy oh boy are they wonderful.

In the bath yesterday, relaxed and almost back to the old happy, I read a few, blocking all other faces from my mind and they helped. Some of them took my breath away..