Biographer reveals Graham Greene's life with bear necessity

The Independent - London | July 28, 1994| | Copyright

GRAHAM GREENE, novelist, spy, adventurer and seducer, never travelled anywhere without his teddy bear.

When he was in his sixties he wrote letters to a close friend about brown, bow-tied "Ted", praising the cuddly soft toy for its endurance in travelling the globe. The picture published exclusively here was taken by Greene in 1963. It is of Ted sitting in a Havana hotel room, accompanied by the caption "Our Ted In Havana", which Greene wrote in a letter to the friend.

Greene's lifelong affection for Ted is revealed in the new biography, Graham Greene; The Man Within, published today by ...

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