Quinx
Or, The Ripper's Tale
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
In the final volume of a quintet, a hunt for ancient treasure in southern France lays bare the flawed philosophies that animated the Second World War. Just after World War II, a motley assortment of treasure hunters, mystics, psychoanalysts, and former Nazis race to uncover a treasure buried centuries before by the Knights Templar. Durrell displays his diabolical playfulness and immense imagination as his characters meet and become entangled, long-buried plots reemerge, and the past and future are funneled into the present action. Here the music of the Alexandria Quintetresolves as a symphony, and the series as a whole emerges as a worthy and enduring entry to Durrell’s distinguished career.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this final volume of the Avignon Quintet, Aubrey Blanford returns to Avignon, where he and friend Constance realize their love for each other. PW noted: "Durrell tells us that freedom can come only through an acceptance of death and of the essential nature of life as it is; that wishes and hopes are the source of anxiety and unhappiness.''