Graham Greene Cl

by Greene,Richard

• ISBN13: 9780393066425
• ISBN10: 0393066428
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

This absorbing autobiography in letters offers a remarkable window into the life of one of the greatest novelists of our time. "The Best Book of the Year."--David Lodge,The Guardian[UK] One of the undisputed masters of twentieth-century English prose, Graham Greene (1904-1991) wrote tens of thousands of personal letters. This exemplary volume presents a new and engrossing account of his life constructed out of his own words. Impeccably edited by scholar Richard Greene, the letters--including many unavailable even to his official biographer--give a new perspective on a life that combined literary achievement, political action, espionage, travel, and romantic entanglement. The letters describe his travels in such places as Mexico, Vietnam, and Cuba, where he observed the struggles of mankind with a compassionate and truthful eye. Letters to friends such as Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark offer a glimpse into the literary culture in which he wrote, while others reveal the agonies of his heart. The sheer range of experience contained in Greene's correspondence defies comparison.

Table of Contents

Over the Border: The Letters of Graham Greene	p. ix
The Early Years	p. 1
The Man Within	p. 31
The Power and the Glory	p. 77
The Heart of the Matter	p. 111
The End of the Affair	p. 165
A Burnt-Out Case	p. 230
The Comedians	p. 268
The Honorary Consul	p. 294
The Human Factor	p. 336
The Last Word	p. 387
Abbreviations	p. 424
Acknowledgements and Sources	p. 426
The Comma and the Applecart	p. 428
Index	p. 433
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