The Levant Trilogy: "Danger Tree", "Battle Lost and Won" and "Sum of Things" (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

Having fled a Europe overrun by Hitler, Guy and Harriet Pringle live a precarious existence in Cairo. Also newly arrived is Simon Boulderstone, a young officer. For each of them there is disillusionment and isolation as they battle with their problems heightened by the uncertainties of war.