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aversion to women might just as easily have limited his ability to understand them." Durrell frequently describes Livia as cold and reptilian and has her enthusiastically embracing Nazism. When
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he seems scarcely up to form, much of his writing -- not least his jokes and puns, both good and bad -- can still give its customary pleasure." The
Washington Post noted Durrell "is often an infuriating writer, shockingly self-indulgent," although also points out his ideas are never dull and that
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The character of Livia alone has attracted significant attention, with Button and Reed acknowledging, "In her depiction, Durrell's genius thus succeeds in locating the elemental conflicts lurking beneath the surface of a troubled woman's psyche... This is no small achievement for an author whose
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Durrell's daughter Sappho believed herself to be the inspiration behind the 'monstrous' character of Livia, a lesbian born out of a coupling between an occidental and an oriental, who commits suicide by hanging herself. Sappho
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