Anthony Patch stands to inherit lots and lots and lots of money from his stern grandfather.
Marries the lovely Gloria Gilbert.
They decide to live as if they don't give a damn; can't stop partying. Grandfather not pleased.
Litigation trying to claim the inheritance.
Patch goes overseas, has an affair.
Not very cheery.
Read this on Kindle without notes; then read Harold Bloom's helpful musings in Shakespeare - The Invention of the Human.
I much enjoyed reading this (after all these years) but would not say it's my Shakespeare favorite. The characters tend to get way too fired up; too ready to fight.
There are some beautiful lines, of course.
Friar Laurence gets way involved.
Nice.
I enjoyed The Alexandria Quartet and kept seeing that Durrell was an excellent travel writer - with much of this is centered in Greece.
This compilation was quite good but I didn't really connect with it. I was looking for "Prospero's Cell" - focused on his time in Corfu - this includes some of that experience, plus other Greek items.
