Faulks on Fiction Lawrence Durrell A young meteorologist checking a

A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice

But years of patient police work have taught him a thing or two including his conviction that those who jump to easy conclusions are often the last ones to solve a crime

Now Rose is a shattered creature

the English settlers

our sense of what it is to be in England

Faulks on Fiction Lawrence Durrell A young meteorologist checking aThe 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