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Whats your favourite Graham Greene?

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weevilswobble · 30/12/2012 19:24

Have just read The End Of The Affair, it was my first Graham Greene. I love how he writes. I'm no literary expert but am finding i love some writers and cant be doing with thrashy stuff.
So which GG would you recommend i read next?

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cheapskatemum · 15/01/2013 09:35

My favourites are Our Man in Havanna & ...The Power & the Glory, for completely different reasons. The former was oddball & funny, the latter deep & really made me think about faith. Obviously a Marmite book. Libraries usually have a shelf full of GG's, that's how I first got into them!

Verenap · 10/01/2013 11:17

Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale

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weevilswobble · 09/01/2013 21:14

Wasnt getting a vibe from Brighton Rock....
Anyway, England Made Me came in the post today! (i tried my local bookshop, didnt have it in stock or their wholesaler, tried 2 second hand shops in town to no avail, the second one suggested abebooks.com which is an independent site, got it there)

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DoubleMum · 09/01/2013 20:17

Brighton Rock.

tumbletumble · 09/01/2013 19:59

Have to disagree with previous posters. I absolutely loved The Power and The Glory - one of my favourite books ever. Brighton Rock is good too.

GetOrf · 08/01/2013 20:57

I fekt exactly the same abnout the End of the Affair - devoured it in a few days.

Mockingcurl · 08/01/2013 20:56

Studied The Power and The Glory for O level. Absolutely awful book. Loved Brighton Rock.

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weevilswobble · 02/01/2013 11:26

Have picked up Brighton Rock from a bookshelf at my Mums house, so its that one by default next!

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Levantine · 02/01/2013 08:23

The Quiet American is brilliant. Best closing line of any novel I've ever read

maillotjaune · 02/01/2013 08:20

Read The Human Factor for O level and still think about it. Due another re-read soon.

eatyourveg · 02/01/2013 07:29

sarah is dead- the ending is the same its just the living arrangements that aren't

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weevilswobble · 01/01/2013 20:08

eatyourveg but that changes the whole thing if Sarah isnt dead. Dont know about changes like that in a film version.

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Francagoestohollywood · 01/01/2013 18:04

My fav is The quiet American

sonearsofar · 01/01/2013 17:48

I've loved The End of the Affair and Our Man in Havana, and would also recommend Stamboul Train, but find others of his books more difficult.

eatyourveg · 31/12/2012 20:09

Maurice moves in with Henry and Sarah in one version and in the other he doesn't

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weevilswobble · 31/12/2012 09:17

eatyourveg how do they change the ending in the film?

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eatyourveg · 31/12/2012 08:34

The End of the Affair is my all time favourite book! Although the ending in the film is changed, it is still worth watching - some of the script is straight from the text

sundaywriter · 30/12/2012 22:35

The Quiet American is my favourite.

2sugarsandadog · 30/12/2012 22:33

End of the Affair here too. It's just so beautifully written. Bits of it I just keep re-reading. Without wanting to sound horribly sexist I think it's a gift that he could write so well from a woman's perspective. Amazing book.

ohfunnyFRANKENface · 30/12/2012 21:34

When I was a wee whippet snapper I read a book called 'Just Ferret' (Gene Kemp- also wrote The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler) and in it she had a character who loved Graham Greene and England Made Me and named her daughter after one of the characters- imagine my excitement as an adult to read the novel and be jolted back to my snotty nosed childhood when I recognised the character's name!!

I hope you enjoy it!

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weevilswobble · 30/12/2012 21:11

Oooooo! You girls are just fabulous.
England Made Me it is!

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HoratiaWinwood · 30/12/2012 19:41

The Tenth Man.

::shudders comfortably::

ohfunnyFRANKENface · 30/12/2012 19:39

England Made Me is one of my favourites! If you liked the end of the affair you'll love England Made Me.

Brighton Rock (obv)

Travels With My Aunt is very funny, as is The Diary of a Nobody!

poozlepants · 30/12/2012 19:36

Our Man in Havana is good.
The Power and the Glory is, however one of the dullest books I have ever had the misfortune to read.