"Sauve Qui Peut" 1966 DURRELL, Lawrence
$125
DURRELL, Lawrence
[82] pp.
Faber and Faber
1966
8 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures
Whatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, with its protocol and formalities and a field for humour which I have never seen better used than in these stories.'
After a lifetime serving that most delightfully British of institutions, the Foreign Office, Antrobus can't resist musing over old times in Vulgaria at his London club - or should that be cringing ... His memories of farcical gaffes and comic diplomatic misadventures climax in a dramatic sword fight over a gorgeous new French 'ambassadress' - just one portrait of English etiquette, empire, and eccentricity
Celebrated British novelist, travel writer, and member of the real-life family portrayed in The Durrells in Corfu, Lawrence Durrell experienced the absurdities of mid-century diplomacy firsthand. His charming jeu d'esprit about the diplomatic corps is classic satire: but be warned: there's a point where laughter can become painful.