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“Mr Lascaris”, as he insisted on being called, was an enigmatic character and only “a shadow” in David Marr’s biography of the Nobel Prize winner. Born in Constantinople into Greek aristocracy, he met White in Alexandria and moved to Australia with him in Karalis believes he was an intellectual influence on White, and was the first reader of his novels.

“People used to call him the butler of Patrick White but this was the most educated, the most sensitive, the most meditative individual I’ve ever met.” He was also a snob who spoke in old-fashioned formal Greek and told his interviewer he sounded “primitive”, Karalis recalled with a laugh.

Doing their interviews in Greek gave Lascaris an opportunity to express himself fully. “He used to say ‘English is only half of my face’,” said Karalis, who agrees there are some things he can only say in English and others he can only say in Greek. Although he had not written in Greek for 30 years, Karalis Biography of isaac!