Peter parker on michael sheldons hostile biography sun 7 aug 1994 11. What it offers is a veteran excursion into greenes imaginative world. Graham greene hardcover books for sale in stock ebay. Sometimes seen as a brooding prober into the dark recesses of the soul where sins and scruples alike fester, he is equally at home in sending a narrative. Human factor by graham greene, first edition abebooks. Make offer the human factor by graham greene 1978, hardcover book first edition book club a study in greene. The human factor is an espionage novel by graham greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into the 1979 film the human factor, directed by otto preminger using a screenplay by tom stoppard. Feb 26, 1978 in fact, he wrote the first 25,000 words of the human factor about 1967, but when philby wrote his defense of his defection in 1968, greene put the book aside and wrote the honorary. Maurice castle is an aging bureaucrat in the british secret service mi6.
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Graham greene, suspense stories, fiction, espionage, thrillers. Graham greene books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. The human factor by graham greene and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The human factor is a flawlessly choreographed work in which loyalty and betrayal are interwoven with crisp economy and a kind of passionate gracetaut, elegant, heartbreaking. The power and the glory by graham greene, paperback. The honorary consul 1973 and the human factor 1978. The human factor in gran greene the new york times. The power and the glory by graham greene, paperback barnes. Quickly discovering his love for the written word, he found work as a critic, reporte. The human factor is not, in my opinion, one of the great graham greene novels, but it is a good one, written when he was in his seventies, drawing like john le carre on his experience working for british counterintelligence, and as with le carre, part of his explicit attempt to reflect what it was really like to work for the agency.
He is 62 years and does office work for a british intelligence agency. The human factor is an espionage novel by graham greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into the 1979 film the human factor, directed by otto preminger using a screenplay by tom stoppard plot summary. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, greene had acquired a reputation early in his own lifetime as a great writer, both of serious catholic novels and of thrillers or entertainments as he termed them. Married to a black african woman with whom he fell in love during his previous stint in apartheid south africa, he. Never read anything by greene before, at least not anything that has stuck in my memory. Born in 1904, graham greene was the son of a headmaster and the fourth of six children. The human factor by graham greene overdrive rakuten. Preferring to stay home and read rather than endure the teasing at school that was a byproduct of his fathers occupation, greene attempted suicide several times and eventually dropped out of school at. Cruelty, decadence, depressiveness, deviousness, graham greene. More information about this seller contact this seller 1. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious catholic novels, and of thrillers or entertainments. The human factor isbn 0679409920 is an espionage novel by graham greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into the 1979 film the human factor, directed by otto preminger using a screenplay by tom stoppard plot summary. Graham greene 1st edition books for sale in stock ebay. Jul 28, 2015 i chose this as my ugly cover on book bingo you can probably see why.
Mr tim pigottsmiths performance as a reader of graham greene s the human factor in this audiobook is truly stunning. Go to the disambiguation page to edit author name combination and separation. Human factor by greene, graham and a great selection of related books. To the lonely, isolated, neurotic world of the secret service, graham greene brings his brilliance and perception, laying bare a machine that sometimes overlooks the subtle and secret motivations that impel us. One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, in a new edition commemorating its 75th anniversary seventyfive years ago, graham greene published the power and the glory, a moralist thriller that traces a line of influence back to dostoyevsky and forward to cormac mccarthy. Graham greene books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Mi6, great britain, cold war, fiction the human factor open library.
An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious catholic novels, and of thrillers or entertainments as he termed them. The human factor is greene s most extensive attempt to incorporate into fiction what he had learned of espionage when recruited by mi6 during world war ii. Graham greene 19041991 was an english novelist and author regarded by some as one of the great writers of the 20th century.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. It was first published in britain by william heinemann. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The characters are beautiful, full of tenderness, excitement and doubt. Greene lays bare a machine, the secret service, which overlooks maurices subtle and secret motivations that impel him. The ministry of fear project gutenberg selfpublishing. Another terrific book i seem to be on something of a roll at the moment and incidentally, another one that features an older man married to a much younger woman although the relationship has no bearing upon the plot.
Graham greene 19041991 was born in berkhamsted, england, the son of a school headmaster and part of the family that also owned the greene king brewery empire. Whilst adopting the thriller form, with a heritage back to the espionage chase novel that is john buchans the 39 steps. It was made into the 1944 film ministry of fear, directed by fritz lang and starring ray milland. In his awardwinning fantasy trilogy, his dark materials, philip pullman invents a richly detailed and marvellously imagined world that is complex and thoughtprovoking enough to enthral readers of all ages. The official home of penguin books usa, publishers of bestselling fiction, nonfiction, classics, and childrens books. A man in love walks through the world like an anarchist, carrying a time bomb. Human factor by graham greene and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Revolutionizing the way we live with technology, a 2004 nonfiction book by kim vicente. Human factor by graham greene and a great selection of related. Graham greene project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. It revolves around the relationship between love and fear. Henry graham greene om ch 2 october 1904 3 april 1991, professionally known as graham greene, was an english novelist regarded by many as one of the leading english novelists of the 20th century. Married to a black african woman with whom he fell in love during his previous stint in.
Graham greene s classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in vietnam i never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused, graham greene s narrator fowler remarks of alden pyle, the eponymous quiet american of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. A leak is traced to a small subsection of sis, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. I chose this as my ugly cover on book bingo you can probably see why. Graham greene 1 graham greene 1 primary author only graham greene disambiguation author division graham greene is composed of at least 2 distinct authors, divided by their works. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the spectator. The human factor is greenes most extensive attempt to incorporate into fiction what he had learned of espionage when recruited by mi6 during world war ii.
My book group recently read the human factor 1978 by graham greene, and i had to whip through it in not very much time at all since i only started it two days before we met. Mr tim pigottsmiths performance as a reader of graham greenes the human factor in. Coincidentally, it was published in the same year as the book we did the previous month barbara pyms the sweet dove died but it had. Graham greenes classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in vietnam i never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused, graham greenes narrator fowler remarks of alden pyle, the eponymous quiet american of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. In fact, he wrote the first 25,000 words of the human factor about 1967, but when philby wrote his defense of his defection in 1968, greene put the book aside and wrote the honorary. Buy graham greene ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Pyle is the brash young idealist sent out by washington on a mysterious mission to saigon. Inside the cias dysfunctional intelligence culture, a 2008 nonfiction book by ishmael jones. Author of the power and the glory, brighton rock, the quiet american, the confidential agent, a burntout case, the third man, the human factor, stamboul train. Graham greene, folio society abebooks passion for books. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. The ministry of fear is a 1943 novel written by graham greene.
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