When the alcoholic British 'Honorary Consul' in an Argentinian town is kidnapped by a band of revolutionaries, a local doctor negotiates with his captors and with the authorities for the man's release, but the corruption of both soon comes to the fore. From the author of OUR MAN IN HAVANA and THE HUMAN FACTOR.
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 …
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 …
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" …
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 …
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.
صخرهٔ برایتون رمانی از گراهام گرین نویسندهٔ مشهور انگلیسی است. این اثر در سال ۱۹۳۸ منتشر شد و بعدها از آن دو فیلم در سالهای ۱۹۴۷ و ۲۰۱۰ ساخته شد.
Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts. His adolescent daughter spends his money with a skill that amazes him so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is file a few reports. But when his fake reports start coming true things suddenly get …
قُدرَت و جَلال اثر گراهام گرین نویسنده انگلیسی است. این رمان در سال ۱۹۴۰ منتشر شدهاست. گراهام گرین این کتاب را پس از سفر به مکزیک در سال ۱۹۳۸ نوشت و در آن به وضعیت اسف بار مردم این کشور در زمان اجرای قوانین ضدمذهبی دولت این کشور پرداخت. این اثر که هم در موضوع و هم در محتوا به دفاع از ایمان مسیحی میپردازد در زمره …