The unquiet Englishman : a life of Graham Greene / Richard Greene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, Richard, 1961- author.

Standardized Title:

Russian roulette

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greene, Graham, 1904-1991.

Greene, Graham.

Novelists, English--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, English.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 591 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2021.

Summary:

"A vivid, deeply researched account of the tumultuous life of one of the twentieth century's greatest novelists, the author of The End of the Affair. Graham Greene lived a life as strange and compelling as those in his brilliant novels. A journalist and MI6 officer, Greene sought out the inner narratives of war and politics across the world; he witnessed the Second World War, the Vietnam War, the Mau Mau Rebellion, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the guerrilla wars of Central America. His classic novels, including The Heart of the Matter and The Quiet American, are only pieces of a career that reads like a primer on the twentieth century itself. With wit, keen understanding, and compassion informed by recently surfaced letters and new memoirs from Graham Greene's contemporaries, Richard Greene creates a nuanced portrait of a complicated man. An Unquiet Englishman delves into the conflicts that defined Greene-marriage, promiscuity, faith, and mental illness-to bring fresh insights to his work. This sensitive, fascinating biography sheds new light on one of the foremost modern writers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Dog in the Pram

2. Flight

3. Backwards Day

4. The Revolver

5. Casual Corpses

6. Marriage

7. Rats in the Thatch

8. The Devil Looks After His Own

9. Minty Stepped on Board

10. In Zigi's Town

11. Raven

12. My Worst Film

13. Shirley Temple

14. Real Brighton

15. The Lawless Roads

16. Doll

17. Bombs and Books

18. The House in the Swamp

19. The Ministry of Fear

20. Canaries and Defectors

21. Mrs Montgomery

22. Hot Irons

23. Mother of Six

24. Banned in the Republic of Ireland

25. Lime

26. A Piece of Grit

27. Points of Departure

28. Malaya

29. Shoulder Flash

30. The Cards in his Wallet

31. `C'

32. The Bell Tower

33. Visas

34. The Splinter

35. Mau Mau

36. Dien Bien Phu

37. No One Expects the Inquisition

38. A Reformed Character

39. Accidents Can Always Happen

40. Anita

41. Our Man on the Potomac

42. The Filthiest Book I Have Ever Read

43. 61/2 Raves

44. A Mixture of Petrol and Vodka

45. Handshakes and Contracts

46. Bombs and Daiquiris

47. The Whole Trouble

48. Taxidermy Everywhere

49. The Separating Sickness

50. Alone in a Lift

51. Changes

52. Death and Taxes

53. The End of a Long Rope

54. Plastiques

55. Masks

56. The Real End of the World

57. Statues and Pigeons

58. The New Life

59. Fidel at Night

60. Papa Doc Honoured Me

61. Morse Code on the Water Pipes

62. Behind the Sand Dune

63. A House Surrounded by Orange Trees

64. No One's Poodle

65. Light Bulbs

66. About my Best

67. Long Spoons

68. Effervescence and Vibration

69. The Diplomatic Passport

70. Storming the Palace

71. The Bomb Party

72. Three Hostages

73. J'Accuse

74. I Am the Message

75. Better a Bad Man

76. Two Faces

77. The Late Rounds

78. A Sense of Movement.

Notes:

"Originally published in the UK under the title Russian roulette: the life and times of Graham Greene"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780393084320

0393084329

OCLC:

1183400164