Summary
‘No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than did Graham Greene.’
Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues - the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and overworked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist feeding on fantasies; pretty, promiscuous …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099282228 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099282224 |
| Author: | Graham Greene |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2002 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Vintage classics |
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“The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists… A master of storytelling.” The Times
“The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists… A master of storytelling.” - “The Times”
About The Author
Graham Greene
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.
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