The quest for Graham Greene - Hardcover

WEST, W.J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297818228 ISBN 13: 9780297818229

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997

Synopsis

Greene reads like a character form his own fiction in this revelatory account of his links with MI6 and the Hollywood mafia.

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Review:

The Quest for Graham Greene, an intentionally selective, intriguingly suggestive portrait, probes hitherto unexplored facets of the Anglo-Catholic novelist (1904-91). Among them are a nervous breakdown at age 16 that sent him to a London psychoanalyst who introduced him to spiritualism and the literary avant-garde; Greene's Byzantine ties to British intelligence, which continued long after his 1944 resignation from MI6; and his involvement in a tax-fraud scheme that led to exile from England in 1966. In approved postmodernist fashion, W. J. West uses the first person while recounting his diggings in various archives.

Review:

West even works in clues from Greene's novels, which are more factual than many realize, resulting in a real cloak-and-dagger bio. -- Entertainment Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0297818228
• ISBN 13: 9780297818229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1