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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: OT Non SF Recommendations..
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 15:40:38 +1200
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On 6/09/24 08:43, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Titus G wrote:
>>>
>>> My favourite reads in recent decades include your recommendation of
>>> Robertson Davies' trilogies and Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet.
>>> Do you have two or three more to recommend? Thank you.
>>
>> How I wish I did!
> 
> Well, let me say that if you like the Alexandria Quartet you might like
> the Antrobus stories by Durrell.  They have the humor of the Alexandria
> Quartet without any of the seriousness and they are extremely silly in
> a good way.
> --scott

Thank you. Having thought about it, I now want to reread the Alexandria
Quartet even though there were occasions when it dragged though the
seriousness assisted with impact.