{"product_id":"dark-labyrinth","title":"Dark Labyrinth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLose yourself in bestselling author Lawrence Durrell''s sublime novel about a group of English tourists trapped in the minotaur''s labyrinth on Crete ... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Spellbinding ... A fine storyteller.'' \u003c\/b\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Superb ... Quite simply a lovely work of art.''\u003c\/b\u003e New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of English tourists have come ashore from their cruise ship to explore the island of \u003cb\u003eCrete\u003c\/b\u003e. This motley crew - including a painter, spiritualist, spinster, soldier, convalescent, and elderly couple - are holidaying to seek respite from a broken post-war world. But their journey reaches a disastrous climax when they visit a cave reputed to be the \u003cb\u003elegendary labyrinth of the minotaur,\u003c\/b\u003e and become trapped within ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the glorious \u003cb\u003eMediterranean \u003c\/b\u003elandscapes which \u003cb\u003eLawrence Durrell \u003c\/b\u003eso famously evoked in his travel writing and novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Labyrinth \u003c\/i\u003eis a morality tale unlike any other. Artfully blending horror and humour, comedy and tragedy, witty allegory and profound philosophy, it is a sublime novel, as refreshing today as it was decades ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Superb, not only in the great passages of poetical description but also [the] casual wit and the brilliance of comment.''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Will amuse those who enjoy satires on English manners and morals, engage readers who like a build-up of suspense and delight lovers of the sensuous world of the Greek islands.'' \u003c\/b\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314920857982,"sku":"NW9780571362462","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571362462.jpg?v=1778714611","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/dark-labyrinth","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}