Faulks on Fiction Lawrence Durrell At Bloor's

At Bloor's

a shadowy figure who commands goon squads dedicated to squashing political activists

our sense of what it is to be in England

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Faulks on Fiction Lawrence Durrell At Bloor'sThe publication of Robinson Crusoe in London in 1719 marked the arrival of a revolutionary art form: the novel. British writers were prominent in shaping the new type of storytelling one which reflected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in whom readers could find not only an escape, but a deeper understanding of their own lives. But the novel was more than just a reflection of British life. As Sebastian Faulks explains in this