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A Lighter Shade of Greene
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YOURS, ETC.
Letters to the Press 1945-89
By Graham Greene
Edited by Christopher Hawtree
Viking. 269 pp. $19.95
EVERY WEEK, the Spectator, a British institution, kicks off a
fanciful literary competition in its final pages. Ten pounds will be
awarded to the person who submits the best, say, 25 lines of dialogue
between Mrs. Thatcher and Mr. Micawber on the subject of monetarism.
Or the best extract from an imaginary novel by Graham Greene. For
years one of the biggest fans of this weekly competition has been the
novelist Graham Greene.
For the 1980 competition that asked for the extract ...
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