The Black Book Harper Voyager distinguished by the breadth of

distinguished by the breadth of its vision

passion and determination

is trying to make a living as a diviner

supportive of his wife

Tactfully and efficiently she ministers to his needs

The Black Book Harper Voyager distinguished by the breadth ofDurrell's third work, the original angry young novel, was first published by his good friend and long time correspondent Henry Miller as the first title in the short lived "Villa Seurat" imprint of the Paris based Obelisk Press. Unpublishable by the more staid (and censored) presses across the Channel, no work better captures the anguish and death consciousness of a Europe about to plunge, once again, into cataclysmic war and destruction