{"product_id":"books-justine-by-lawrence-durrell","title":"Justine","description":"\u003cb\u003eRediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances: a seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt, introduced by Andr  Aciman (\u003ci\u003eCall Me By Your Name \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFind Me\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Walking slowly home through the dark avenue of trees, tasting the brackish harbour wind, I remembered Justine saying harshly as she lay in bed: 'We use each other like axes to cut down the ones we really love'. Alexandria: the great winepress of love. Trams, palm trees, and watermelon stalls lie honey-bathed in sunlight; in darkened bedrooms, sweaty lovers unfurl. But in a world trembling on the brink of war, passion and death are inextricable. When a penniless Anglo-Irish schoolteacher begins an affair with Justine - a married Egyptian lady of unparalleled glamour - their partners, Melissa and Nessim, are sucked into a whirlpool of jealousy and violence. One of the twentieth century's greatest romances, rich in political and sexual intrigue, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eLawrence Durrell's scandalous 'investigation of modern love' set the world alight in 1957 and - as Andr  Aciman reveals - it burns just as brightly today. \u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the great works of English fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Triumphant  in its] beauty, cruelty, menace, mystery, decadence . '\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480186511633,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780140153194.jpg?v=1777543596","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-justine-by-lawrence-durrell","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}