Friends Abroad: Memories of Lawrence Durrell, Freya Stark, Patrick Leigh-Fermor, Peggy Guggenheim and Others

British writer Cardiff remembers his interactions with peculiar characters while working for the British Council from 1945 to 1973 in Greece, Cyprus, Mexico, Thailand, and other countries. Each of his subjects played an important role in some aspect of western culture during the middle of the 20th century. Includes some photographs but no index or bibliography. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.