Ten masterfully crafted short stories by the author of the Alexandria Quartet, Lawrence Durrell, focusing on the adventures of the British diplomatic Corps in Cold War Yugoslavia from 1949 to 1952.

A diplomat at that time in Belgrade, Durrell writes about his former colleagues with a humor that is almost sadistic as the lack of serious engagement turns British diplomats into characters from a film of the absurd.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]