Sicilian Carousel

In Sicily, a travel writer honors the memory of a departed friend Despite decades spent writing poetic evocations of the timeless pleasures of life in the Mediterranean, Lawrence Durrell had never set foot on the sea & rsquo;s largest island: mysterious, impenetrable Sicily. For years his friend Martine begged him to visit her on this sun-kissed paradise, and though he always intended to, life inevitably interfered. It took Martine & rsquo;s sudden death to finally bring him to the island & rsquo;s shores. With Martine & rsquo;s letters in his pocket, Durrell signs up for a tour group, hoping to learn the travel habits of those who aren & rsquo;t obsessively devoted to island life. As he treks from sight to sight, dizzy with history and culture, Durrell finds echoes of his past lives in Rhodes, Cyprus, and Corfu.