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The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics)
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How does good spoil, and how can bad be redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement through a priest and the people he encounters. In the 1930s one Mexican state has outlawed the Church, naming it a source of greed and debauchery. The priests have been rounded up and ... »
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The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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I was in Vietnam for Vacation, and I came across this novel in a market store in Saigon. I remember there was a movie, but I had never seen it. I will have to say for a small little simplistic novel there was much to be enjoyed. The novel is narrated by Fowler, the British "OLDER" reporter who loves the space and madness occurring in 1950' Vietnam. F... »
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The End of the Affair (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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Set in London during and just after World War II, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair is a pathos-laden examination of a three-way collision between love of self, love of another, and love of God. The affair in question involves Maurice Bendrix, a solipsistic novelist, and a dutifully married woman, Sarah Miles. The lovers meet at a party thro... »
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Our Man in Havana (Penguin Classics)
This is the fifth Graham Greene novel I've read, and the first with an even moderately happy ending. A pseudo-spy novel with a pseudo-spy named Wormold, t... »
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Brighton Rock
This is a gangster novel set in the sea-side, tourist town of Brighton in the 1930s. There are 3 main characters: Pinkie, Rose and Ida Arnold. Pinkie's a ... »
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The Comedians (Penguin Classics)
One of Graham Greene's most chilling and prophetic novels, The Comedians is set in a Haiti ruled by Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister ... »
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