Ways Of Escape, 9780099282594
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Intrepid travels, dangerous encounters, and Hollywood’s ironic delight: Greene escapes.

Ways Of Escape

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    21 October 1999

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Summary

Escapes and Encounters: A Life Unbound

With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life in this second volume of his autobiography. His restlessness is legendary; as if seeking out danger, Greene traveled to Haiti during the nightmare rule of Papa Doc, Vietnam in the last days of the French, and Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion.

With ironic delight, he recalls his time in the British Secret Service in Africa and…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099282594
ISBN-10:0099282593
Author:Graham Greene
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:21 October 1999
Weight:224g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

“As good as the best of its kind–marvellously rich.” - William Trevor,The Guardian

Inspiring…provides the best possible introduction to the novels but also the portrait of a dedicated artist * Observer *Ways of Escape is as good as the best of its kind…marvellously rich – William Trevor * Guardian *Excellent reading…wonderfully good * Sunday Telegraph *The writing is suffused with melancholy regret, not for what he writes, one feels, but for what he has left out * Independent *Greene is unrivalled in his ability to evoke location and the human condition – Carol Drinkwater * Daily Express *

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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