Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

It has been posthumously suggested that Durrell never had British citizenship though more accurately he became defined as a non-patrial in 1968 due to the amendment to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962. His first school was St.

It has been posthumously suggested that Durrell never had British citizenship though more accurately he became defined as a non-patrial in 1968 due to the amendment to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962. His most famous work is the tetralogy the Alexandria Quartet. Hence he was denied the right to enter or settle in Britain under new laws and had to apply for a visa for each entry.