The End of the Affair: Graham Greene

The End of the Affair: Graham Greene

by Graham Greene (Author), Monica Ali (Introduction), Monica Ali (Introduction), Graham Greene (Author), Graham Greene (Author), Monica Ali (Introduction)

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALI The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.

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Format: paperback
Publisher: Vintage Classics
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ISBN 10: 0099478447
ISBN 13: 9780099478447
Book Overview: 'One of the most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language' William Faulkner

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Singularly beautiful and moving -- Evelyn Waugh One of the most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language William Faulkner In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety -- William Golding Devastating study of the collision of different kinds of faith, betrayal and commitment The Times This novel had a great effect on my life... This is not a sentimental book, or one full of the kindness of God, in that both the man and the woman suffer the pain of loss and feel the heat of hell. This novel persuaded me to become a Catholic -- Beryl Bainbridge Guardian
Author Bio
Graham Greene was born in 1904. On coming down from Balliol College, Oxford, he worked for four years as sub-editor on The Times. He established his reputation with his fourth novel, Stamboul Train. In 1935 he made a journey across Liberia, described in Journey Without Maps, and on his return was appointed film critic of the Spectator. In 1926 he had been received into the Roman Catholic Church and visited Mexico in 1938 to report on the religious persecution there. As a result he wrote The Lawless Roads and, later, his famous novel The Power and the Glory. Brighton Rock was published in 1938 and in 1940 he became literary editor of the Spectator. The next year he undertook work for the Foreign Office and was stationed in Sierra Leone from 1941 to 1943. This later produced the novel The Heart of the Matter, set in West Africa. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography - A Sort of Life, Ways of Escape and A World of My Own (published posthumously) - two of biography and four books for children. He also contributed hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews, some of which appear in the collections Reflections and Mornings in the Dark. Many of his novels and short stories have been filmed and The Third Man was written as a film treatment. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.