The End of the Affair

“Undeniably a major work of art…It remains from first to last an almost faultless display of craftsmanship and a wonderfully assured statement of ideas.” —The New Yorker

“Singularly moving and beautiful…the relationship of lover to husband with its crazy mutation of pity, hate, comradeship, jealousy, and contempt is superbly described…the heroine is consistently lovable.” —Evelyn Waugh

“An absorbing piece of work, passionately felt and strikingly written.” —The Atlantic Monthly

“Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, and The End of the Affair…all have claims to greatness; they are as intense and penetrating and disturbing as an inquisitor’s gaze.” —John Updike

“Graham Greene was in class by himself…. He will be read and remembered as the ultimate twentieth-century chronicler of consciousness and anxiety.” —William Golding

Graham Greene (1904-1991) was a prominent novelist of the twentieth century. He was educated at Berkhamsted School and Balliol College, Oxford, and began his career as a sub-editor for The Times of London. His fourth novel, Orient Express (1932), brought him critical attention.

Greene’s experiences in Africa, starting with a trek across northern Liberia in 1935, documented in A Journey Without Maps (1936), were influential. His conversion to Catholicism in 1926 deeply informed his work, particularly his reporting on religious persecution in Mexico in 1938, which provided the backdrop for The Power and the Glory, one of his notable “Catholic” novels, alongside Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, and The End of the Affair.

During World War II, Greene served with the British secret service in Sierra Leone. Post-war, his extensive travels as a journalist inspired novels such as The Quiet American, Our Man in Havana, The Comedians, Travels with My Aunt, The Honorary Consul, The Human Factor, Monsignor Quixote, and The Captain and the Enemy.

In addition to his numerous novels, Greene authored collections of short stories, travel books, plays, autobiographical works (A Sort of Life and Ways of Escape), biographies, and children’s books. He also contributed essays and reviews to various journals, many of which are collected in Reflections. Several of his novels have been adapted into films, including The Third Man, which originated as a film treatment by Greene himself.

Greene received numerous accolades, including the Companion of Honour and the Order of Merit.

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