Graham Greene
Graham Greene was one of the most important English novelists of the 20th century, whose thrillers, or entertainments as he called them, explored moral ambiguity in the colonial and Cold War world. The Third Man and Our Man in Havana are masterpieces of the spy genre that also transcend it. His Catholic worldview gave his crime fiction a theological dimension unlike any other writer.
Works
- The Power and the GloryNovel of a priest's moral struggle amid revolution and corruption
- Brighton RockNovel of a young criminal's violent descent in a seaside resort
- The Heart of the MatterNovel of a colonial administrator's spiritual crisis and complicity
- The End of the AffairNovel exploring an obsessive love affair that defies moral certainty
- The Quiet AmericanNovel of an American innocence confronting Vietnamese political intrigue
- The Third ManNovella depicting the mystery surrounding a man's death in Vienna
- Our Man in HavanaSpy comedy following a vacuum cleaner salesman as reluctant British agent