DURRELL, Lawrence.

Quinx or The Ripper's Tale.

London: Faber and Faber, 1985.

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First edition of Lawrence Durrell's Quinx or The Ripper's Tale; Signed by Him

First edition of the fifth and final volume in the author's Avignon Quintet. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Lawrence Durrell 1985." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket watercolor by David Gentleman. Jacket design by Pentagram.

With Quinx, Lawrence Durrell completes his Avignon Quintet, a "quincunx" of complex and inventive novels rivaling his famous Alexandria Quartet. In Quinx, the characters introduced in Monsieur, Livia, Contance, and Sebastion converge on Avignon in the aftermath of WWII.