[MinuteGal]

My cousin, Ian MacNiven, wrote the definitive biography of Lawrence Durrell, a British novelist and poet, who was an interesting and complex man with an equally interesting and complex life.

It took Ian two decades and research in three continents before it was published. He, his wife, plus the entire family, heaved a sigh of relief when the book finally hit the commercial shelves. The agony of writing impacts family and friends to varying extents, not only the author himself.

The book was successful.......and to me who loves biographies and autobiographies it was extremely fascinating. However, as would be expected, it sells better in Europe than in the USA where most folks wouldn't know Lawrence Durrell from their neighborhood Good Humor man.

Leni

[dighton]

One of these days (he said without conviction), I’ll make some headway with the Alexandria Quartet.