De stille Amerikaan is een roman van Graham Greene. Het boek werd tweemaal verfilmd: in 1958 en in 2002. Het boek heeft als thema's liefde, moord en de inmenging van de Amerikanen in Zuidoost-Azië.
The End of the Affair is a novel by British author Graham Greene, as well as the title of two feature films that were adapted from the novel. Set in London during and just after the Second World War, the novel examines the obsessions, jealousy and discernments within the relationships between three central characters: …
The Power and the Glory is een roman van de Engelse schrijver Graham Greene. De titel is een verwijzing naar de laatste regel uit het onzevader. Greene publiceerde het boek in 1940. The Power and the Glory speelt zich af in Zuid-Mexico begin jaren 30. Het verhaal volgt een naamloze "whiskypriester", die op de vlucht …
Brighton Rock is een roman uit 1938 van de Engelse schrijver Graham Greene. Het verhaal is een thriller en speelt zich af in de jaren 30 in de Engelse badplaats Brighton. Pinkie Brown is een crimineel uit een klein plaatsje wiens bende beschermgeld opeist bij de racebaan van Brighton. Pinkie geeft de opdracht tot de …
Scobie is a principled police officer in a war-torn West African state. When he is passed over for promotion he is forced to borrow money to send his despairing wife away on a holiday. In her absence he falls in love with Helen and his life is transformed by the experience.
Travels with My Aunt is a novel written by English author Graham Greene. The novel follows the travels of Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric Aunt Augusta as they find their way across Europe, and eventually even further afield. Aunt Augusta pulls Henry away from his quiet suburban existence into …
The Comedians is a novel by Graham Greene. Set in Haiti under the rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tonton Macoute, the novel explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. The story begins as three men: Brown, Smith, an "innocent" …
Maurice Castle is a high-level operative in the British secret service during the Cold War. He is deeply in love with his African wife, who escaped apartheid South Africa with the help of his communist friend. Despite his misgivings, Castle decides to act as a double agent, passing information to the Soviets to help …
Rollo Martins' usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites him to Vienna, he jumps at the chance. With exactly five pounds in his pocket, he arrives only just in time to make it to his friend's funeral. The victim of an apparently …