The End of the Affair (Essential Penguin)

The End of the Affair (Essential Penguin)

by Graham Greene (Author)

Synopsis

The tortured love affair between novelist Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, the wife of a civil servant, reaches its height during the Blitz. Then, without any explanation, Sarah breaks off the relationship. Two years later, his jealousy and grief reawakened by a chance encounter, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah. As his love turns into obsession, Bendrix begins to question everything he has ever believed in. The End of the Affair is perhaps Greene's most personal and intense novel.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 07 Oct 1999

ISBN 10: 0140287361
ISBN 13: 9780140287363

Author Bio
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked for four years as a sub-editor at the Times and found success with his fourth novel, STAMBOUL TRAIN. In 1940 he became literary editor of the Spectator, undertaking work for the Foreign Office the following year. As well as his many novels, he also wrote collections of short stories, travel books and plays. When he died in 1991 Kingsley Amis said: 'Until today, he was our greatest living novelist.'