The Avignon Quintet is a five-volume series of novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published between 1974 and 1985. The novels are metafictional. He uses developments in experimental fiction that followed his The Alexandria Quartet (1957-1960). The action of the novels is set before and during World War II, largely in France, Egypt, and Switzerland. The five novels are: * Monsieur (1974) * Livia (1978) * Constance (1982) * Sebastian (1983) * Quinx (1985)