Cover of Mountolive

Book 1958

Mountolive

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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Published
1958
  • Fiction
  • Diplomats
  • Alexandria Quartet
  • NOVELA
  • English fiction
  • Egypt, fiction
  • Drawing
  • Exhibitions

The third book in the Alexandria Quartet sees English diplomat David Mountolive take over the narrative. He relates episodes from the first two books in his own perspective and also introduces a sub-plot involving political espionage and gun-running.