A comprehensive reconsideration of Graham Greene's use of Catholic and theological issues in his fictions and other writings from the 1920s until the 1980s. It focuses both on his best known novels and his less familiar works, including his short stories, plays, poetry, film scripts and reviewing, j[...]

Graham Greene's classic study in the banality of evil is set in the unforgettably evoked underworld of pre-war Brighton where Pinkie, a small-time ganster, meets his nemesis at the hands of Ida, the girl he betrays, Published in 1938, Greene's most celebrated novel signalled the beginning of the lon[...]

A story of black-marketeering. It is set against a backdrop of Vienna in the immediate post-war era, when the city was divided into four zones amongst the major powers, Russia, Britain, France and America. It is written from the view of the British Chief of Police who is investigating the death of a[...]

This phantasmagoric study in terror is set in Second World War London. Arthur Rowe's mind is hamstrung by guilt - a Graham Greene speciality - and he stands aside from the war until he happens to guess both the true and the false weight of the cake at a charity fete. From that moment he is the quarr[...]

Makten og ren er Graham Greenes bermte bok om whiskypresten - en av forfatterens virkelig store romaner. Presten er p flukt - ikke fordi han er helt eller forbryter; men bare fordi han bor i et land der den katolske kirken er bannlyst. Presten er en ynkelig person p alle mter, tynget av synder og un[...]

Nyudgivelsen afGraham Greene-klassikeren Vor mand i Havanai en smuk hardbackugave er med forord af Klaus Rifbjerg.

»Skrevet snart som en fuldstændig ustyrlig farce, snart som en forrygende kriminalroman - sjældent har Graham Greene virket så oplagt, sjældent har han drevet [...]

Nyskrivet förord av litteraturvetaren Oscar Jansson till Graham Greenes Den stillsamme amerikanen. Om Den stillsamme amerikanen: Den stillsamme amerikanen [The Quiet American, 1955] är en av världslitteraturens mest klassiska spionromaner. Men också den mest verklighetsnära av Graham Greenes [...]

Hiljainen amerikkalainen on rikosjuoneen yhdistetty kolmiodraama, jossa 50-luvun Saigonissa toisensa kohtaavat ikääntyvä englantilainen lehtimies, hänen nuori vietnamilainen rakastajattarensa sekä amerikkalainen idealisti. Romaani on tarkkanäköinen kuvaus länsivaltojen ylimielisyydestä ja h[...]