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Greene, (Henry) Graham

Greene, (Henry) Graham (1904–91) English novelist and dramatist. Greene converted to Catholicism in 1926; religion, guilt, and the search for redemption are consistent themes in his novels. His psychological thrillers are among the most popular and critically acclaimed works of 20th-century fiction. His first novel was The Man Within (1929). Important works include Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The Heart of the Matter (1948), The Quiet American (1955), the ‘entertainment’ Our Man in Havana (1958), The Honorary Consul (1973), and Travels with My Aunt (1978).

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	In Greeneland.(The Life of Graham Greene: vol. 3, 1955-1991)(Book Review) Magazine article from: National Review; 12/31/2004; ; 700+ words ; The Life of Graham Greene: Volume III, 1955-1991, by Norman Sherry...London, Evelyn Waugh stumbled upon Graham Greene at midday Mass. They were the most...of their generation in England, yet Greene was shambling, unshaven, and, Waugh... Read more
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	Instruments of grace: for novelist Graham Greene and his characters, corruption could be a path to salvation.(BOOKS) Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Graham Greene always liked the idea of damnation. His contemporary George Orwell joked that, in Greene's view, hell was little more than a high-cla...Throughout the late English writer's long career (Greene's centennial was celebrated last year... Read more
	A Study in Greene: Graham Greene and the Art of the Novel.(Book review) Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; A Study in Greene: Graham Greene and the Art of the Novel. By BERNARD...End of the Affair for his reading of Greene, then omits it altogether from a concluding...accumulated during a lifelong interest in Greene, perhaps making inevitable the reliance... Read more
	Essential Graham Greene: Norman Sherry lays bare the 'agnostic Catholic' writer.(A Turbulent Life)(Book Review) Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 11/19/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...wielded in his novels, by the time of his death in 1991, Graham Greene's stature as one of the globe's preeminent men of letters...third and final volume of his massive book, The Life of Graham Greene. At just under 1,000 pages, Volume III covers the period... Read more
	The Life of Graham Greene, vol. 1, 1904-1939. Magazine article from: National Review; 9/29/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...century, says the publisher's blurb, Graham Greene has been until now a most elusive...subject, it is continuously amusing. Greene, like Kolly Kibber in Brighton Rock...other work to date, it fleshes out Greene's early life (1904- 1939) and throws... Read more
	A Film at last does justice to Graham Greene's vision.('The End of the Affair') Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 4/14/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...He's made an exciting film from a Graham Greene novel that captures not only its...has been gathered into a volume: Graham Greene on Film: Collected Film Criticism...them twice. In his excellent book Graham Greene: The Films of his Fiction, Gene... Read more
	The unquiet Graham Greene: President Bush's invocation of Alden Pyle reveals his dangerous naivete.(Profile)(George W. Bush) Magazine article from: The American Conservative; 10/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...W. Bush's recent reference to Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American in...dangerously naive: In 1955 ... Graham Greene wrote a novel called The Quiet...there is more than a hint of Graham Greene in the world-weary depths of Thomas... Read more
	The Life of Graham Greene, vol 2: 1939-1955. Magazine article from: National Review; 2/6/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...biography market. Norman Sherry, Graham Greene's official chronicler, discovered...ckler's threat was initially scotched by Greene's lawyers, with only brief sections...both battled on and, encouraged by Greene's death in 1992, threatened to beat... Read more

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