FICTION
Released:
"Despite three or four outstanding pieces, then, this volume's mainly for Greene scholars."
The grand old man of English letters here collects 12 diverting stories of disparate quality that were written between 1923 and 1989.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 1994
"A uniquely candid self-portrait, but Greene's inner world only adumbrates his real-world exploits and the world he consciously created in his fiction."
Though not in a league with those of Coleridge or Joyce, Greene's dreams compose an alternate autobiography of his private self in matter-of-factly unreal vignettes.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 1995
"Despite Shelden's relentless animus for Greene as a person and a writer, this propaganda campaign can neither surpass nor subvert the Greene legend. (16 pages b&w photos, not seen)"
Trying to hunt down the controversial, complex Greene (190491) as the Harry Lime of the literary racket, Shelden (Orwell, 1991, etc.) succeeds less in decoding the deceptions of Greene's life than in creating a trail of false leads.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2000
"An intelligent fiction debut by a capable writer."
Award-winning journalist Emerson (
Gaza, 1991, etc.) tries her hand at fiction with a story that draws on her knowledge of the Third World.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2000
"A vivid narrative that flags only when the author shifts the spotlight from his pilgrimage to himself as pilgrim: Cash, unfortunately, is not nearly as interesting as his subjects."
The extramarital love affair that inspired Graham Greene's best fiction is unveiled and scrutinized.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2004
"Marked by sorrow and disappointment, but plenty of fascinating adventures. An exemplary biography, of profound interest to admirers of Greene's work and to students of contemporary letters."
The third and final volume of Sherry's superb life of the English novelist and man of letters, a monumental work published over the last 15 years.
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