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Originally Posted by DNSB
Lawrence Durrell was a great writer. Gerald Durrell was an an entertaining writer. Care to guess whose books I have re-read?
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I think Lawrence was overrated and I don't think he's aged well; I can't imagine slogging through that overwritten tripe again. Gerald is fun.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I have seen the TV show The Durrells based on Gerald Durrell's books. I found it quite fun to watch.
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The Durrells is very different from the books and the books took liberties with the truth themselves.
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Originally Posted by Martinoptic
Thanks for the link. I started reading bitter lemons, but found it a bit dry. Antorbus looks as if it might be fun.
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I love the Antrobus stories.