Most Popular Books by Graham Greene

A Monte Carlo honeymoon becomes a gamble in Graham Greene’s “superbly well told” comedy of love, marriage, and risk (J. B. Priestley). A modest London accountant on a budget, Mr. Bertram has settled on a honeymoon at the seaside resort of Bournemouth with his fiancée, Cary. However, Bertram’s boss, the solicitous Herbert Dreuther, won’t hear of anything so common. Bertram and Cary are to be married in Monte Carlo, after which they’ll be Dreuther’s guests on his private yacht and sail down the coast of Italy. It sounds too lovely to be true. And surely Bertram can afford one night at the Hôtel de Paris. But when the absentminded Dreuther fails to show, and days turn into weeks, Bertram and Cary find themselves well beyond their means. Unable to check out, trapped in luxury, and with nowhere to turn but the casino, Bertram has a plan—and absolutely no idea what there is left to lose.

His mind crowded with vivid images of Africa, Graham Greene set off in 1935 to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar republic founded for released slaves. Now with a new introduction by Paul Theroux, "Journey Without Maps" is the spellbinding record of Greenes journey. Crossing the red-clay terrain from Sierra Leone to the coast of Grand Bassa with a chain of porters, he came to know one of the few areas of Africa untouched by colonization. Western civilization had not yet impinged on either the human psyche or the social structure, and neither poverty, disease, nor hunger seemed able to quell the native spirit. BACKCOVER: One of the best travel books [of the twentieth] century. Norman Sherry "Journey Without Maps" and "The Lawless Roads" reveal Greenes ravening spiritual hunger, a desperate need to touch rock bottom within the self and in the humanly created world. "The Times Higher Education Supplement"

Henry Pulling, a retired manager, volunteers to accompany his aunt on a trip to Istanbul and soon becomes involved with an ill-assorted group of travelers on the Orient Express

Roman om en mand der bliver dømt for mord, men hvor strafspørgsmålet udvikler sig til et politisk anliggende.

The illicit affair of a devout woman in London ignites a shattering family crisis in the author’s “ruthlessly honest” first play (The Guardian). In a dour Holland Park house with rooms and secrets long shuttered live three unyielding forces for morality: rigidly religious sisters Helen and Teresa, and their brother, a Roman Catholic priest. Into the lives of this insular trio comes their young grandniece, Rose Pemberton, following the death of her mother. To the mortification of her aunts, Rose has also brought her lover, Michael Dennis, who is twenty-five years Rose’s senior, married, and a psychology lecturer dictated by reason, not faith. In a home that reeks of sanctimony, Rose and Michael are as welcome as sin. But it’s the arrival of Michael’s distraught wife—armed with righteous emotional blackmail and worse—that ignites an unexpected fury and makes real the family’s greatest fears. Premiering in London in 1953 and moving to Broadway one year later, Graham Greene’s debut as a dramatist was hailed by Kenneth Tynan as “the best first play of its generation.”

Follows the plight of Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, who becomes a slave to the expensive whims of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Milly, and takes on a job as Secret Agent 5920015 to pay for them

Greene''s account of a five year personal involvement with Omar Torrijos, ruler of Panama from 1968-81 and Sergeant Chuchu, one of the few men in the National Guard whom the General trusted completely. It is a fascinating tribute to an inspirational politician in the vital period of his country''s history, and to an unusual and enduring friendship.

A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Untouched by human feeling, Pinkie is isolated, a figure of pure evil. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold, who is determined to avenge Hale''s death.

An eager American envoy is mysteriously assigned to Saigon during the French occupation of Indochina.

Henry Miles, a civil servant, suspects that his wife Sarah is having an affair, and asks his writer friend Maurice Bendrix to contact a private investigator on his behalf. Maurice has a secret, however: he was once Sarah''s lover, and is equally keen to find out whether she was unfaithful to him too... An economical and intense adaptation.-1 woman, 4 men, 1 boy, 5 women or men

Doctor Fischer despises the human race. When the notorious toothpaste millionaire decides to hold the last of his famous parties his own deadly version of the Book of Revelations Greene opens up a powerful vision of the limitless greed of the rich. Bl

From master storyteller Graham Greene comes the tale of Anthony Farrant, who has boasted, lied and cheated his way through jobs all over the world. Then his adoring twin sister, Kate, gets him taken on as the bodyguard of Krogh, her lover and boss, a megalomaniac Swedish financier. All goes well until Krogh gives orders that offend Anthony''s innate decency. Outraged and blind to risk, he leaks information to Minty, a shabby journalist and fellow victim of life, a decision that will lead to disastrous consequences. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The story of one man, an alcoholic "whiskey priest," on the run through the jungles, villages, and plantations of Mexico in the 1930s.

A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Graham Greene''s gripping thriller was adapted into a British film noir in 1947 starring Richard Attenborough as the razor-wielding Pinkie.

For Arthur Rowe the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to forget the nightmare of the Blitz and the aching guilt of having mercifully murdered his sick wife. He was surviving alone, aside from the war, until he happened to win a cake at the fete. From that moment, he finds himself ruthlessley hunted, the quarry of malign and shadowy forces, from which he endeavors to escape though his mind remains obstinately out of focus.

Rollo Martins'' usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites him to Vienna, he jumps at the chance. With exactly five pounds in his pocket, he arrives only just in time to make it to his friend''s funeral. The victim of an apparently banal street accident, the late Mr. Lime, it seems, had been the focus of a criminal investigation, suspected of nothing less than being "the worst racketeer who ever made a dirty living in this city." Martins is determined to clear his friend''s name, and begins an investigation of his own...

In The Man Within, Graham Greene tells a tale of betrayal, fear, and the struggle for redemption. The story follows Francis Andrews, a young smuggler who betrays his comrades. Haunted by guilt and fear, he flees into the countryside, desperate to escape his new foes. He finds shelter in an isolated cottage inhabited by a solitary young woman. As his enemies close in, Andrews must confront his own cowardice and inner demons, as well as the consequences of his actions. The novel explores themes of guilt, redemption, the nature of courage and cowardice, and the complex relationship between one’s inner beliefs and outward actions. Set against the backdrop of the English countryside, The Man Within offers an exploration of human nature, choice and consequence, and the possibility of finding redemption, even in the darkest of circumstances. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Graham Greene (1904-1991) n''est pas seulement le grand écrivain catholique consacré par le succès de son fameux roman La Puissance et la gloire. Entré par effraction dans le royaume de la Grâce (selon le mot de François Mauriac), cet ancien membre du Foreign Office a su, même au travers des divertissements que sont des livres comme Notre agent à La Havane et Un Américain bien tranquille, dénoncer la guerre, les dictatures et ce vice suprême : l''imbécillité. Voilà pourquoi Graham Greene compte, avec George Orwell et Evelyn Waugh, parmi les géants de la littérature anglaise du XXe siècle.

Graham Greene(1904-1991) es uno de los grandes creadores del thriller y en su obra está el germen de todos las derivaciones que posteriormente ha tomado el género. Entre sus obras más exitosas se cuentan Nuestro hombre en La Habana, El factor humano, El americano impasible, El poder y la gloria, El tercer hombre o El cónsul honorario.

Le Rocher de Brighton est une spécialité de la célèbre plage anglaise, un sucre d''orge que l''on peut casser en n''importe quel endroit et qui permet de lire toujours le nom de Brighton sur la cassure. Si l''on se demande pourquoi Graham Greene a donné comme titre à son roman le nom de cette sucrerie, on trouvera peut-être la réponse dans les paroles d''un de ses personnages : " Regardez-moi. Je n''ai jamais changé. C''est comme ces bâtons de rocher : mordez-les tout du long, vous lirez toujours Brighton. C''est la nature humaine. " En apparence, Rocher de Brighton est un roman policier, et des meilleurs. Mais sous le récit rigoureusement agencé des événements court un sens secret. Car entre le Gamin, jeune bandit de dix-sept ans à la cruauté sadique et au charme envoûtant, Rose, la jeune fille qui se donne à lui malgré tout ce qu''il incarne, et Ida, qui symbolise et défend le droit à tout prix, va se jouer un drame de vengeance, de cruauté et de mort marqué par la justice divine et la damnation éternelle.