{"product_id":"2026200009184-secondhand-monsieur-or-the-prince-of-darkness","title":"Monsieur: Or The Prince Of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of literary fiction by one of the twentieth century's most celebrated prose stylists, Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness opens Lawrence Durrell's ambitious five-novel sequence known as The Avignon Quintet. Set against the sun-drenched yet spiritually shadowed landscapes of Provence, the novel chronicles the intertwining lives of a group of friends whose relationships unravel in the wake of a devastating suicide, drawing the narrative into a labyrinthine meditation on love, death, and the nature of reality. Durrell's richly layered prose weaves together Gnostic philosophy, erotic obsession, and the haunting beauty of the South of France, presenting a world where the boundaries between fiction and truth are deliberately and brilliantly blurred. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, this novel stands as a testament to Durrell's genius for constructing narratives of extraordinary psychological and metaphysical depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48893808410843,"sku":"2026200009184-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/994bcbea-a468-4dbe-824d-3f918fa11bc4.png?v=1782040422","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009184-secondhand-monsieur-or-the-prince-of-darkness","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}