Books by Graham Greene (6)


1.

A Burnt-out Case by Graham Greene EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation.

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Brighton Rock by Graham Greene EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
Gripping, terrifying, an unputdownable read. Discover Graham Greene's most iconic novel. 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. Greene's gripping thriller exposes a world of loneliness and fear, of life lived on the 'dangerous edge of things.' In this gripping, terrifying, and unputdownable read, discover Greene's iconic tale of the razor-wielding Pinkie. 'Brighton Rock when I was about thirteen. One of the... continue

3.

El americano impasible by Graham Greene ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
En el tormentoso ambiente político de la Indochina de los años cincuenta —una Indochina que reivindica su independencia contra el ejército francés—, tres personajes forman un frágil triángulo amoroso: Thomas Fowler, un corresponsal de guerra que ha llevado una vida llena de fracasos sentimentales y que repasa sus experiencias con distancia y escepticismo; Alden Pyle, el americano impasible, un agente secreto estadounidense de carácter extraordinariamente ingenuo, y Fuong, una joven anamita de la que están enamorados los dos ho... continue

4.

El cónsul honorario by Graham Greene ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
Un grupo de revolucionarios planea y lleva a cabo un secuestro con la intención de conseguir la libertad de sus correligionarios encarcelados; pero se equivocan de hombre. La víctima es Charles Fortnum, un hombre sin ningún interés para el gobierno británico: se trata sólo de un cónsul honorario que vive principalmente del whisky y de su condición de diplomático inglés. Así pues, el azar convierte a Fortnum en preso de un grupo de guerrilleros encabezados por un sacerdote con el que antaño le unió la ami... continue

5.

The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.

6.

The Quiet American by Graham Greene EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
"Graham Greene centennial, 1904-2004"--Cover.