Book 14: "The Dark Labyrinth" by Laurence Durrell
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kittiwakeWhen a group of first class passengers on a cruise disembark at Crete for a guided tour of a labyrinthine cave system at Cefalu, they are trapped by a rock-fall, with only Lord Graecan being on the right side of the rocks to make his way back out and raise the alarm. The back stories of the passengers (many of whom already knew each other) and how each of them reacts when facing death in the labyrinth, make for a fascinating story.
There are sub-plots about the mysterious Axelos, who lives in a house at Cefalu, the ancient relics recently found in the labyrinth, and Captain Baird who is haunted by a man he killed in occupied Crete during World War II, enhance the atmosphere of the wild and mountainous island that permeates the book, and the story unfolds in a strange mix of realism, fantasy, and fakery.
There are sub-plots about the mysterious Axelos, who lives in a house at Cefalu, the ancient relics recently found in the labyrinth, and Captain Baird who is haunted by a man he killed in occupied Crete during World War II, enhance the atmosphere of the wild and mountainous island that permeates the book, and the story unfolds in a strange mix of realism, fantasy, and fakery.
